Biopic of composer conductor Carl Maria von Weber, who championed the little regarded German opera instead of the then popular Italian opera, in the 19th Century..
Is this 1934 German biopic worth your time tonight? Only if you have a deep love for obscure musical history and do not mind squinting through some very scratchy archival footage. 🎻 If you hate slow, theatrical dramas where men in giant collars argue about opera, you will absolutely despise this one. The movie is all ...
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"Is this 1934 German biopic worth your time tonight? Only if you have a deep love for obscure musical history and do not mind squinting through some very scratchy archival footage. 🎻 If you hate slow, theatrical dramas where men in giant collars argue about opera, you will absolutely despise this one. The movie is all about Carl Maria von Weber, a compsoer who is tired of everyone in Germany fawning over Italian opera. He wants to make German opera a thing, which apparently was a huge scandal ba..."
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