
The great Franz Liszt helps a struggling, unworldly piano tutor advance to a position in Munich, and ward off a villainous foreign competitor for his lady love..


Is this for you? If you like black-and-white dramas where everyone speaks in complete, polite sentences and Franz Liszt is treated like a local celebrity, you might find some charm here. Honestly, if you hate slow-burn period pieces or get bored by watching people practice scales, stay far, far away. This isn't exactly...


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"Is this for you? If you like black-and-white dramas where everyone speaks in complete, polite sentences and Franz Liszt is treated like a local celebrity, you might find some charm here. Honestly, if you hate slow-burn period pieces or get bored by watching people practice scales, stay far, far away. This isn't exactly The Madcap Musician in terms of energy, that's for sure. The whole thing feels like a dusty book you found in an attic. It’s got that specific kind of 1930s German earnestness wh..."
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