In Search of Mozart

Juliet Stevenson Director: Phil Grabsky

Overview

Filmmaker Phil Grabsky speaks with the most celebrated orchestras and musicians on the planet to explore the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the first-ever feature-length documentary about the 18th century composer. Over eight works by Mozart are presented chronologically in order to draw distinct parallels between the composer's music and his remarkable life. Lovingly crafted and never weighed down by history, Grabsky's film is designed to be enjoyed by classical-music enthusiasts as well as the casual fan.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2007
UPC:	5060115340007
Original Release:	2006
Source:	Seventh Art
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:08:00

Special Features

Interview with director Phil Grabsky; Theatrical trailer for "the boy who plays on the buddhas of Bamiyan"

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Juliet Stevenson	Narrator,Narrator
Sam West	Actor

Technical Credits

Phil Grabsky

Phil Grabsky	Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Sound/Sound Designer
Simon Farmer	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- In Search of Mozart
1. 1756: The Prodigious Talent [13:45]
2. 1766: Next Step: Vienna J Italy [7:24]
3. 1773: Master of Technique [12:32]
4. 1777: Permission to Leave Salzburg [4:07]
5. 1778: Paris: Failure J Heartbreak [9:24]
6. 1779: At the Court of Salzburg [5:22]
7. 1781: Mozart the Servant [8:19]
8. 1782: A New Beginning In Vienna [9:31]
9. 1783: Mozart's First Son [9:08]
10. 1784: The Middle-Class Entrepreneur [11:03]
11. 1786: Da Ponte, The Librettist [7:31]
12. 1787: A Sombre Mood [10:12]
13. 1789: Financial Difficulties [5:22]
14. 1791: New Commissionns [6:51]
15. 1791: Assertion of Life-Force [7:54]

Menu

Disc #1 -- In Search of Mozart
   Play Programme
   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Interview With the Director Phil Grabsky
      Theatrical Trailer "The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan"