This film from the veteran Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi is a comparatively minor but still entertaining, beautifully-acted work about a composer reawakening to life and music with the help of a mysterious young man.
In Poland, young musicologist Stefan (Lothaire Bluteau) awakes from a dream remembering only a few notes of music which he believes are somehow connected to reclusive composer Henry Kesdi (Max von Sydow), once the most promising composer of his generation, but silent since the death of his wife
in a concentration camp. Stefan hitchhikes to Denmark and camps out on Kesdi's remote, wooded estate outside of Copenhagen. Suffering from a variety of...
Released:
1992
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins