Song Without End

Yet another musical biography that dispenses with the facts to make dramatic points, SONG WITHOUT END began shooting under the direction of Charles Vidor, but when he became ill (and eventually died), George Cukor took the helm, resulting in a shift in style that is noticeable in some scenes. Dirk Bogarde portrays Hungarian composer Franz Lizst, who leaves his mistress, Countess Marie (Genevieve Page), to go on a concert tour to reaffirm his reputation as the mid-19th century's greatest pianist. In the process he meets Carolyne (Capucine), a Russian princess who realizes Lizst's prodigious talents would be better employed composing and who falls in love with the no...