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Concert at the End of Summer (1980)
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Original name: Koncert na konci léta
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, flashbacks reveal his relationship to his wife Anna and her sister Josefina. Both women gave him inspiration, yet Dvorak is clearly troubled in some way as musical excerpts come and go in his creative mind.
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, memory, orchestra, inspiration, melancholy, nostalgia, creative process, flashback, musical performance, obsession, love triangle, family relations, train travel, violinist, regret, sisterhood, guilt, marriage, musician, husband wife relationship, european history, czech history, train journey
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
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Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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