Movies: Conductor

Tom is conducting a symphony at the Hollywood Bowl when Jerry comes out to co-conduct....

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An honest employee saves some valuable documents when a fire breaks out in the factory where he works, at the risk of his life. But the secrets hidden in these documents are capable of destroying the relationship between his two bosses....

When the conductor suddenly collapses in front of the audience and the orchestra, it’s only the start of a desparate fight for life and loss of senses. When vision goes dim, sound hazy and skin no longer reacts to touch, panic becomes clear far beyon...

A concert-film using innovative cinematic techniques to set music to images. As conductor Herbert von Karajan didn't like the experimental style, he had the film re-edited severely before release....

The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music...

“The most important work doesn’t take place on stage, but everywhere else,” Teodor Currentzis is convinced. And that is precisely where this film portrait follows him. For eight months, German director Andreas Ammer accompanied the charismatic conduc...

In WWI Germany, a famous conductor is attacked and transformed into a vampire, and must now choose between the woman he loves and avenging his only son's murder....

A world famous conductor suffers while leading a mediocre orchestra....

The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald, who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei must u...

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Follows Joana Mallwitz during two pivotal years – when she gives birth to her son and her career accelerates significantly. But whether she’s at home, at rehearsals, or in the spotlight, the German conductor strives to prove that perfection at work i...

Wally Walrus conducts the school band's performance of Franz von Suppé's 'Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna' overture....

A BBC documentary hosted by Charles Hazlewood about the life & music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Part 1: A Miracle of Nature....

This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed by well-known filmmaker Larry Weinstein; who pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary storytelling by borrowing tools from fiction films; including dramatic reconstructions and histo...

“Symphonic Sketches” tells the story of one classical music concert performed by the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. Musicians from diverse racial backgrounds connect to the repertoire in unique ways and stage an unforgettable performance....

It's the night before his father, a retired choir conductor with Alzheimer's, moves into a long-term clinic, and Neil Kelly is determined to stir his dad's memory while facing his own....

Leith Stevens leads his orchestra in a nice assortment of standards in a variety of musical styles, including Dixieland and swing. Mr. Stevens was a popular orchestra leader of the era who later became a musical director for an assortment of televisi...

Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko goes for a walk in Kyiv. Along the way, his memory takes him back in time: first to his childhood in the village of Hrynky; to May 1861, when he attended Taras Shevchenko's funeral; to a trip to Leipzig; to the time ...

Charismatic conductor and composer Andre Previn looks back at some of his greatest television moments, from thrilling performances of orchestral favourites by Mozart and Berlioz to his classic comedy encounter with Morecambe and Wise....