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Spring Symphony (1983)
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Original name: Frühlingssinfonie
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
"Spring Symphony" is the story of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Both were music entities. Robert Schumann turns out to have been a second tier composer, if that, never rising to the heights of a Beethoven or Mozart. In contrast, Clara Wieck was a master technician in the playing of the piano, a composer (probably not at Schumann's level), and was a child prodigy.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
composer, children, biopic, nude bathing, musician, classical composer, music, family relations, love and romance, couples, ambition, disability, musician's life, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, couple relations, relationship vs career, love, female nudity, insanity, piano, classical music, courtroom, domineering father, madness ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
germany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about biopic, music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician and lifestyle mostly in Biography, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Spring Symphony: Miguel San Miguel (2012), Paganini (1989), Copying Beethoven (2006), Song of Norway (1970), Hilary and Jackie (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
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Duration: 94 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 138 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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