Karajan – The Maestro and his Festival

Synopsis

Herbert von Karajan is the world’s most famous and commercially most successful conductor ever. Inspired by his wife’s book My Life at His Side, Hannes M. Schalle’s film covers new aspects of Karajan’s career, focusing on the maestro’s work in London, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Salzburg and St Tropez. Shot on these locations, it starts in Nice, France, in 1957, when Eliette and Herbert von Karajan met for the first time. The film follows their life until July 1989 and documents Karajan’s legacy, such as the Salzburg Easter Festival. A very personal story, told by Madame Eliette von Karajan.

Additional Info

• No: A04550076
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 00:52:00
• Director: A film by Hannes M. Schalle
• Producers: A Moonlake Entertainment production in co-production with the Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut, ORF and UNITEL in cooperation with Deutsche Grammophon and Salzburg Easter Festival
• Format: HDTV 16:9