Crescendo (2019 film)

Crescendo is a 2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi. It premiered at the Munich International Film Festival on July 3, 2019, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.[2] It opened to the public in Germany on January 16, 2020, and is scheduled for release in American cinemas in June by Menemsha Films.[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the film will be released in virtual cinema starting May 1. The film received the 2020 Cinema for Peace Honorary Award.

Crescendo
Film poster
Directed byDror Zahavi
Written by
  • Stephen Glantz
  • Volker Kellner
  • Marcus O. Rosenmüller
  • Johannes Rotter
  • Dror Zahavi
Produced byAlice Brauner
Starring
CinematographyGero Steffen
Edited byFritz Busse
Music byMartin Stock
Production
companies
  • CCC Filmkunst
  • FilmVergnuegen
  • MZ-Film
  • Niama Film
Distributed byCamino Filmverleih
Release dates
  • 3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) (Munich Film Festival)
  • 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) (Germany)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
Box office$73,346[1]

The film is inspired by the real-life story of Daniel Barenboim's West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.[4]

Plot

A world-famous conductor, Eduard Sporck, is approached by Karla de Fries to put together an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra for a peace performance. He accepts, but first he must have his group overcome their beliefs, fears, and bigotry in order to come together.

Cast
  • Peter Simonischek as Eduard Sporck
  • Bibiana Beglau as Karla de Fries
  • Daniel Donskoy as Ron
  • Sabrina Amali as Layla
  • Mehdi Meskar as Omar
  • Eyan Pinkovich as Shira Halevy
  • Hitham Omari as Jussef
  • Götz Otto as Bellmann

References
  1. "Crescendo". Box Office Mojo.
  2. Tenorio, Rich (16 January 2020). "In film Crescendo, an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra struggles to get in tune". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. Barraclough, Leo (17 October 2019). "Menemsha Picks Up North American Rights to Crescendo". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. "Review: Crescendo" by Michael Ranze, Filmdienst (in German)
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