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- A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
- Seven-year-old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.
- A love story about ambition, giving up and reaching the dreams.
- In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose?
- This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
- After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils.
- The Violin Player is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.
- The film tells the story of a 1731 Stradivarius once owned by Israeli Philharmonic founder Bronislaw Huberman. Stolen in 1936 it was was rediscovered in 1985; American virtuoso Joshua Bell purchased it and plays it during his concerts.
- Arman, a truly brilliant violin player, one day decides to take a break from his career and descends into the bunkering world of tube stations.
- When the owner of an Italian restaurant finds his life spiraling out of control. He thinks he has all the answers.
- Master violin maker, Charalambos Vatiliotis, is 85 and retired from making. When Romano, a violinist and friend of 48 years, persuades him to make one final violin, a heart-warming story unfolds.
- In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin. . . . Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once lingered on his lips become hazier with each passing day. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger changes everything, as Daniel's former identity as a crafter of fine violins is revealed to all. The camp's two most dangerous men use this information to make a cruel wager: If Daniel can build a successful violin within a certain number of days, the Kommandant wins a case of the finest burgundy. If not, the camp doctor, a torturer, gets hold of Daniel. And so, battling exhaustion, Daniel tries to recapture his lost art, knowing all too well the likely cost of failure.
- The first Jerry Cotton movie is a good one. Jerry's after crooks who pose as a musical band. He infiltrates the gang, cozying up to their gun moll boss and trying to find out what she knows. What's in their violin cases? Great opening titles. Cool movie. B&W, scope, 35mm.
- A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his anger he joins a communist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan.
- Matthew Rhys (The Americans, A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood) portrays a recent divorcee in a nuanced film about music, regret, and hope in a cruel world.
- The story of a child prodigy, marked by tragedy, become genius.
- A teenage boy rediscovers his courage and love of life after being reunited with an old flame in the most horrific place imaginable - a concentration camp.
- In the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved by one of his apprentices, Sandro. Filippo, a crippled youth and the best violin maker in Cremona, also loved the girl with a pure, holy affection that is more spiritual than material, but realizing his unattractiveness through his deformity, suffers his hopelessness with resignation. Yearly there is a prize of a precious chain of gold awarded to the maker of the best violin, and all the apprentices strive to win it. On this occasion, however, the hand of Giannina is to be bestowed upon the most proficient craftsman, and this induces the young men to make extra efforts to win. Sandro fully appreciates the rare talent of Filippo and feels sure his wonderful skill will win his sweetheart from him. Crushed and despairing he seeks out Giannina and tells her his fears, she tearfully acknowledging the strength of his reasoning. While thus occupied they are overheard by Filippo, who sees what woe his success would mean for her, and thinking only of her happiness, through his great love for her he makes a great sacrifice. Going to his room he takes his instrument and goes and places it in Sandro's box, taking Sandro's violin and putting it in his own. Sandro, however, thwarts the good intention of Filippo by exchanging the instruments, not knowing what Filippo had done, thereby upsetting the planned munificence of the cripple. When the instruments are placed in competition, and the prizes are about to be awarded, Sandro's conscience pricks him, and calling the cripple aside, confesses his deed. Filippo bursts into taunting laughter, telling him what he, himself, had done, and now he spoiled it all. Judgment is passed and Filippo is, of course, the victor. The chain is placed about his neck, and the hand of Giannina placed in his. But also, he feels she recoils, and thinking only of her happiness he crashes his violin over his knee, thereby putting himself out of the contest and making Sandro the winner. He then places the chain about Sandro's neck, and handing the girl over to him he rushes from the hall. We finally leave him alone in his room, crushed and dejected, yet contented in the thought that he had made her happy.
- The story of two modern visionaries, an extreme classical concerto, and a quest to push the boundaries of music and our idea of the possible.
- A woman with a dark past dedicates herself to taking care of multi-handicapped children. When a young musician comes into her life, she is forced to face her history, or it will destroy her future.
- The Sound of the Violin in My Lai is a short film that examines the history and legacy of the My Lai massacre, an incident of the Vietnam War in which hundreds of Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. Army soldiers. The film investigates the effects of the massacre, with the story centering on the return of American soldiers Hugh Thompson and Larry Colburn to My Lai on the 30th anniversary of the event.
- The curiosity of an ordinary man forces him to find out the story of a mysterious violinist.
- Seeking freedom from his manipulative gallerist, a struggling artist sets off on a one-night adventure to locate his artwork, accidentally forgotten in a taxi in Macau.
- Follows a mother-daughter relationship looking at issues with identity and eventually turning into a journey of self-discovery and redemption.
- An old man imparts his love of music and the violin to a young boy.
- Subtle coloring and an impressionistic approach to landscape distinguish this patriotic animated short set to music. After a flourishing Soviet hamlet is destroyed by Nazi planes, the sole survivor is confronted by a hulking Nazi commando in a tank. The military man tries to cajole the young violinist into repeating a jaunty harmonica melody at gunpoint but the boy strikes up a noble song of resistance instead. THE PIONEER'S VIOLIN may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films.
- Herbert McLean, Sr. has two adult sons, Herbert Jr., and Jack. He is also the guardian of a young woman, Marjorie. Jack is good and generous, but Herbert Sr. favors Herbert Jr. Jack and Marjorie share a love of music. She is a pianist and he is a violinist. They are playing a duet when Herbert Jr. enters the house. He spends a few minutes with his father, long enough to accuse his brother of some financial transgression that was probably his own. He then interrupts the musical performance to tell his brother that their father wants to speak to him. While Jack is out of the room being scolded for something he didn't do, Herbert, Jr. presents Marjorie with flowers and a bracelet. Jack returns to see that Herbert Jr. is courting Marjorie. He smiles indulgently and quietly leaves. However, after an evening out with Marjorie, Herbert Jr. heads off to meet another woman. He and Jack both come into an inheritance. Herbert Jr. gambles away all of his money, while Jack buys a Stradivarius violin. Herbert Sr. berates Jack again, this time for squandering his inheritance on a "fiddle". Late one night, Herbert Jr. sneaks into the study to steal bonds from his father's safe. When he is caught, he blames it on Jack. Herbert Sr. kicks Jack out of the house. Jack takes his Stradivarius and goes to New York City to seek his fortune. After months of looking for work, he meets a prosperous man who is very impressed with the violin, and offers to help Jack. Meanwhile, Herbert Jr., still gambling, uses his father bonds as security for an I.O.U.. A gambler comes to the house to collect on the debt. Finally Herbert Sr. realizes that he has been abusing the wrong son, and banishes Herbert Jr. The father then launches an nation-wide search for Jack. When it fails, Marjorie proposes a trip to New York City to take her guardian's mind off his loss. While there, they are invited to a demonstration of the new Diamond Disc Phonographs at the Edison Shop. Listening intently to the recording, Marjorie recognizes the violinist. It is Jack. She and Herbert Sr. head up to the Edison Recording Laboratory in Orange, New Jersey. They find Jack and all is forgiven. Jack explains to them that "The Edison Diamond Disc is the laboratory re-creation of music, not a mere, mechanical reproduction". After a panoramic shot of the Edison complex, Jack says "In accomplishing the actual re-creation of music by means of this new invention, Mr. Edison spent four years of research work in acoustics and chemistry and over two million dollars in experiments alone." After another panoramic shot of the buildings, Jack exclaims, "There he is now, Mr. Edison, himself."
- In September of 2012, a historic test took place in Paris, France, involving some of the worlds finest violins and violinists; a double blind comparison of old vs new violins in concert hall settings. Only one film crew was allowed to film the entire event.
- Tony and Delores are happy together. Tony's blindness makes no difference. He earns money by playing on his old violin, an instrument very dear to him. His happy existence is interrupted by a rich man, a Mr. Gilbert who is interested in music. Tony and Delores one day play before Mr. Gilbert's palatial home. The harmonious strains of the violin attract his attention. The alluring beauty of Delores fascinates Mr. Gilbert. He is very attentive and it occurs to him that he could be near her always if he arranged to take violin lessons from her blind husband. In this way an acquaintanceship develops. Mr. Gilbert is captivated by Delores' eastern seductiveness and takes advantage of every opportunity of being in her presence. He invites her to a masquerade ball and other functions. Her poor blind husband is ignorant of the growing attachment and constant companionship of the two. Events come to a climax when Delores, temporarily overwhelmed by Gilbert's luxurious living, leaves her husband. Tony, abandoned and helpless, is soon reduced to penury and is forced to sell his violin. Later, after the novelty of living in luxury wears off, Delores begins to think of her abandoned and helpless husband. Gilbert attempts at this time to get familiar and she repulses him. Then her slumbering conscience is awakened. That night she sees a vision of her blind husband in despair. The strains of his old violin vibrate in her ears; with determination she casts off her fine clothes which Gilbert in his generosity had presented to her and then clothes herself in the rags in keeping with her station. She goes back to her husband full of remorse. He waits for her and takes her to his heart, the Soul of the Violin had done its work and forever after they live in harmony and good cheer.
- The dragonfly flew to the celebration of the little grasshopper Udalets. The bees delay her on the way, but let her go, laughing at her haste - she should arrive at exactly 7 pm. After the hospitality of the dragonfly, the grasshopper-father, together with his colleagues, played a lullaby for his son, and his mother hummed it and put her son to bed, swaddling flower petals. After the song was played, the grasshopper-dad, his colleagues and the dragonfly drank a glass of wine. The next day, Udalets gets out of the diapers and jumps to his mother, who is looking for him. She washes him with dew, and dad gave Udalets a hat and boots.
- A violinist grows uneasy as she waits in her dressing room before a performance.
- Documents the extraordinary life-journey taken by talented and dedicated young violinists from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music String Academy.
- Tony Cuneo, a handsome Italian musician, though possessed of wonderful talent, is in straitened circumstances, and "beats" his way west on a freight train. He meets "Shorty," a devil-may-care young fellow, who is also riding at the expense of the railroad company, and during a quarrel Tony pushes Shorty from the top of the car while traveling through barren western country. Shorty wanders about badly hurt, and is found by a troop of soldiers who carry him to the fort. He gets over his injuries and enlists in the army, and becomes the orderly of Capt. Swift. Tony joins an emigrant train, paying for his food and transportation by furnishing music for the emigrants. Early one morning, before the camp is astir, Indians swoop down on the emigrants, and a terrific battle ensues, in which the white men are destroyed and many of the women captured. Tony, a coward at heart, is frantic with fear, and while the white men have been fighting he has been groveling under a wagon. As the redskins rush into the camp, Tony begins to fiddle, and the Indians are struck by the strains of the strange music. His life is spared, and when the troops attack the Indians and defeat them in a fierce battle, Tony is taken to the fort. Capt. Swift is the accepted suitor of Grace, the daughter of the Colonel, and the wedding day is set. The girl is of a temperamental disposition, and she is thrilled by the sweet music of the violin in Tony's hands, and charmed by his attentions. He persuades her to elope with him. and, unbeknown to her, steals the Colonel's money. Hearing the noise in the dead of night, the Colonel arises and is shot by Tony, who drops his pistol and jumps through a window. The pistol has been stolen from Capt. Swift, and is identified, and the young officer is placed under arrest. Things look dark for the Captain, and Shorty is in despair. To save Swift he determines to sacrifice himself, and leaves a written confession, stating that he fired the shot and stole the money, and disappears. He eludes his pursuers, and with a tattered suit and a heavy growth of beard he is unrecognizable. He makes his way further west, and in a small mining town one day he sees Tony. Grace has deeply repented her action, and has found out the true nature of the man. Shorty calls on him, and compels him at the point of a pistol to write out a confession of his guilt. As Shorty turns to go, Tony leaps upon him, and in the scuffle Tony is fatally wounded. Shorty goes back to the post with the confession, and Capt. Swift goes in search of Grace. He finds her in a convent, and she tells him, in a touching scene, that she has decided to remain there for the rest of her life, safe from the strife and passion of the world.
- An old violin maker, living in a small town, spends his time perfecting instruments. Like other men engaged in kindred artistic occupations, he is absorbed in his work and forgets about worldly necessities until want, implacable and inexorable, throws her shadows across his threshold. While the old violin-maker goes out to seek financial assistance from his friend the bookseller, a young violinist comes to his home and leaves a Stradivarius worth $10,000 to be repaired. The young musician came to have his violin repaired, but soon he found that his heart strings also needed repairing, for he fell in love with the violin maker's daughter. Although the violin maker gets temporary relief from his friend, the bookseller, a crabbed and crafty creditor later makes his life miserable. This creditor takes some of the instruments in part payment of his notes. The old musician is now left in narrow straits. In desperation he decides to substitute one of his own violins for the $10,000 Stradivarius. "Surely, that young violinist will not know the difference!" After a pathetic scene in which the violinist struggles with his conscience, his daughter enters and from his peculiar actions she guesses his frame of mind. There is a very dramatic scene between father and daughter. In the meanwhile, the young violinist enters and he saves the situation and makes harmony out of impending discord.
- An experimental film at the intersection of different types of cinema - documentary, feature and animation.
- This film explores the remarkable Taiwanese love affair with Western classical music. For a relatively small island, Taiwan today boasts an extraordinary amount of musical talent. Not content with slavishly following the West, many classically trained Taiwanese musicians are exploring their own roots and creating exciting new hybrids that keep pace with changing times. Could this trend signal a re-assertion of Taiwan's own traditions?
- The story opens at the camp of a band of gypsies where an old man is seen driving several children out to beg for him in a nearby city. The little brother and sister in whom we are interested are next seen singing before the dwellings of the city. The boy is a violinist and his sister sings. They are very fortunate in their earnings until a cross doorkeeper, displeased by their music, snatches the violin from the youngster and breaks it open upon the pavement. The children naturally threaten him with revenge. Further angered, he takes them to the police, entering complaint that they are thieves. In the court room their counselor pleads that they are more artists than thieves and beggars. The children give an exhibition of their ability. It impresses the judge so favorably that he dismisses the case against them. The counselor adopts both little musicians and the drama closes showing them both happy in their new home.
- In to a pressure-cooker institution add one perfect family of elite artists: one Russian prima ballerina, stoned and half-baked, one American virtuoso violinist, pickled, one prodigy ballet student, under-ripe but supple. Turn up the heat and while stirring continuously with a priceless antique violin, add fruit cakes to the mix: one fishy professor, nuts and bananas, one half-pint, bad-egg sugar-plumb fairy, well stewed. Flambé generously with whisky. Lightly season with powdered glass and cocaine to taste. Stir well, count to 8...and..."grand battiment". (Serves no one)
- A girl's family suddenly becomes rich and rejects her long-time sweetheart.