The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Winnipeg im Jahr 1933. Es ist die Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise und Traurigkeit hat Hochkonjunktur. Für die Brauereibesitzerin Lady Helen Port Huntley (Isabella Rossellini) sind dies natürlich keine guten Zeiten um erfolgreich Bier zu verkaufen. Um die Lage ihrer Brauerei zu verbessern beschließt sie daher einen Wettbewerb auszutragen, bei der die traurigste Musik der Welt gekürt werden soll. Aus allen Gegenden der Welt eilen die Teilnehmer herbei um am Wettbewerb teilzunehmen und das Preisgeld von 25 000 Dollar zu gewinnen. Unter den Teilnehmer ist auch der wenig erfolgreiche Broadwayproduzent Chester Kent (Mark McKinney) und der serbische Cellist Gravillo (Ross McMillan). Und die beiden verbindet deutlich mehr als nur der Musikwettbewerb miteinander.
Der Regisseur:
Guy Maddin
Der Autor:
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Isabella Rossellini as Lady Helen Port-Huntley |
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Mark McKinney as Chester Kent |
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Maria de Medeiros as Narcissa |
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David Fox as Fyodor Kent |
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Ross McMillan as Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great |
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Louis Negin as Blind Seer |
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Darcy Fehr as Teddy |
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Claude Dorge as Duncan Elksworth |
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Talia Pura as Mary |
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Adriana O'Neil as Agnes |
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Jeff Sutton as Young Chester |
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Graeme Valentin as Young Roderick |
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Maggie Nagle as Chester's Mother |
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Victor Cowie as Man in Bar |
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Jessica Burleson as Lady's Secretary |
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Wayne Nicklas as Boardmember |
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Nancy Drake as American Mother |
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David Gillies as American Father |
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Daphne Korol as Widow |
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Jeff Skinner as Reverend |
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Craig Aftanas as Old Sleepwalker |
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Miles Boisselle as Guard |
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Brock MacGregor as Roderick's Son |
| Writing | George Toles | Writer |
| Writing | Kazuo Ishiguro | Screenplay |
| Directing | Guy Maddin | Director |
| Writing | Guy Maddin | Writer |
| Production | John Buchan | Casting |
| Production | Sheena Macdonald | Co-Producer |
| Production | Barbara Willis Sweete | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Olafson | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Mark Gebel | Special Effects |
| Production | Daniel Iron | Executive Producer |
| Production | Phyllis Laing | Co-Producer |
| Art | Stephen Arndt | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverly A. Hamilton | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Richard O'Brien-Moran | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Danielle Dumesnil | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Larry Weinstein | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Michael Peleshok | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherina Saites | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Hans | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda Kuryk | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Christopher Dedrick | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Shnuriwsky | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Luc Montpellier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lou Solakofski | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg McMillan | Costume Design |
| Sound | Martin Lee | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Jody Shapiro | Producer |
| Sound | David McCallum | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Atom Egoyan | Executive Producer |
| Editing | David Wharnsby | Editor |
| Art | Matthew Davies | Production Design |
| Art | Réjean Labrie | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Doug Morrow | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Russ Dyck | Sound Designer |
| Sound | David Rose | Sound Designer |
