Toscanini in His Own Words

Name: Toscanini in His Own Words
Genre: Biography
Released: 2009-03-02
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Michael Brandon, Iris Cantelli, Valentina Chico

TV Movie
2009
Unrated
1h 12m

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Biography

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... Read allThis 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 historical cinematic stylings.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 historical cinematic stylings.

Director
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Harvey Sachs
- Larry Weinstein
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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Harvey Sachs
- Larry Weinstein
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Michael Brandon

Wilfrid Pelletier

Iris Cantelli

Self
(archive footage)

Valentina Chico

Iris Cantelli

Anita Colombo

Self
(archive footage)

Carolina Giammetta

Wally Toscanini

Jennie Goossens

Anita

Barry Jackson

Arturo Toscanini

Joseph Long

Walter Toscanini

Wilfrid Pelletier

Self
(archive footage)

Arturo Toscanini

Self
(archive footage)

Wally Toscanini

Self
(archive footage)

Walter Toscanini

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Larry Weinstein
Writers
- Harvey Sachs
- Larry Weinstein
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Goofs
Martin Bookspan's voice is heard announcing one of the Toscanini telecasts, shown between 1948 and 1952. Bookspan's voice was not heard on the original telecasts; they were originally announced by Ben Grauer, but because of the bad audio quality, they were replaced on the VHS and DVD editions of the Toscanini telecasts by the voice of Martin Bookspan. These VHS and DVD editions were issued more than thirty years after Toscanini's death.

Connections
Features Hymn of the Nations (1944)

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9/10

1955 not 1957.

Can I just point out that if you listen at the end of the documentary,they are wishing each other happy 1955! I think you may be getting confused with Toscanini's stroke which happened three years later in 1957. I agree that this film may not give us much more biographical detail than some books already do,but I think there is a directness,given that it was based on Walter's (illicit) tapings. I wonder what the Maestro would have thought if had known that so many of his words were being recorded? It still managed to teach me many things I never knew about Toscanini,and for that I am grateful. It's a shame there aren't more films like this on the dumbed down (UK) TV system.