Karajan: Beauty As I See It (2008)
With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music. Comprised of archival footage, performance highlights and interviews with the likes of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christa Ludwig and Seiji Ozawa, this retrospective chronicles the life and times of the iconic Austrian maestro.
Directors: Christoph Engel, Robert Dornhelm.
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Herbert von Karajan as Self (archive footage) |
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Leonard Bernstein as Self (archive footage) |
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Plácido Domingo as Self (archive footage) |
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Mirella Freni as Self (archive footage) |
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Gundula Janowitz as Self |
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Evgeny Kissin as Self |
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Christa Ludwig as Self |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter as Self |
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Seiji Ozawa as Self |
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Luciano Pavarotti as Self (archive footage) |
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Simon Rattle as Self |
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Self |
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Georg Solti as Self (archive footage) |
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Jon Vickers as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Christoph Engel | Director |
| Writing | Robert Dornhelm | Writer |
| Directing | Robert Dornhelm | Director |