Spring Symphony

SPRING SYMPHONY treats with fatal reverence the love affair between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck (one of the most highly praised pianists of her day, she became both Schumann's wife and a major interpreter of his compositions). As the picture opens in Germany in the early 1800s, both the teenage Schumann and the prepubescent Wieck are being touted as virtuosos. Although Clara's father (Schumann's instructor) is perversely possessive of her, the developing daughter (played in adulthood by Nastassja Kinski) becomes attracted to Schumann, and he to her. Most of her time is spent traveling to recitals throughout Europe, earning praise from everyone from Goethe to Me...