Song without end : the story of Franz Liszt

Resource Information

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Label

Song without end : the story of Franz Liszt

Title remainder

the story of Franz Liszt

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a William Goetz production ; written by Oscar Millard ; produced by William Goetz ; directed by Charles Vidor

Title variation

Story of Franz Liszt

Contributor

• Columbia Pictures
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Roger Wagner Chorale
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999
• Bolet, Jorge
• Brook, Lyndon
• Capucine, 1935-1990
• Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983
• Davion, Alexander, 1929-2019
• Desny, Ivan
• Erlandsen, Erland, 1912-2003
• Goetz, William, 1903-1969
• Howe, James Wong
• Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969
• Jacobi, Lou
• Millard, Oscar
• Morison, Patricia, 1915-2018
• Page, Geneviève
• Rilla, Walter, 1895-1980
• Rueprecht, Albert, 1929-
• Squire, Katherine, 1903-1995
• Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980
• Sukman, Harry
• Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959

Subject

• Biographical films
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 -- Drama
• Composers -- Drama
• Feature films
• Lichnowsky, Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas, Fürst von, 1814-1848 -- Drama
• Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 -- Drama
• Musical films
• Pianists -- Drama
• Sand, George, 1804-1876 -- Drama
• Sayn-Wittgenstein, Carolyne de, 1819-1887 -- Drama
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Musical films

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

The splendor and music of nineteenth-century Europe set the background for this romanticized biography of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, a man torn between his music, the church, and the woman he loves

Awards note

• Academy Awards for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical

Cataloging source

ZMS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Original music by Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman ; cinematography by James Wong Howe ; edited by William A. Lyon ; art direction by Walter Holscher ; set decoration by William Kiernan ; costume design by Jean Louis

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Dialogue in English

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.S66 2010

PerformerNote

• Dirk Bogarde (Franz Liszt) ; Capucine (Princess Carolyne) ; Geneviève Page (Countess Marie) ; Patricia Morison (George Sand) ; Ivan Desny (Prince Nicholas) ; Martita Hunt (Grand Duchess) ; Lou Jacobi (Potin) ; Albert Rueprecht (Prince Felix Lichnowsky) ; Marcel Dalio (Chelard) ; Lyndon Brook (Richard Wagner) ; Walter Rilla (Archbishop) ; Hans Unterkircher (Czar) ; Erland Erlandsen (Thalberg) ; Alexander Davion (Chopin ; Katherine Squire (Anna Liszt)
• Jorge Bolet, piano soloist ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Morris Stoloff, conductor ; Roger Wagner Chorale, vocal ensemble

Runtime

130

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action