Offenbach's Secret -a Film By Istvan Szabo (+Documentary)

OFFENBACH'S SECRET - OFFENBACHS GEHEIMNIS

Laurence Dale, Graham Clark, Tamas Jordan
Janos J. Kulka, Pal Makrai, Istvan Bubik
Sandor Sasvari, Marcella Kertesz, Geza Simon
Broadcast Symphony Orchestra Saarbrucken / Jia Lu, conductor

In Offenbachs's Secret, Academy Award winning director Istvan Szabo throws new light on the timeless interplay between power, helplessness, courage and conformity in his character studies of two of the most scintillating personalities of France's Deuxieme Empire: the affable composer entrepreneur Jacques Offenbach, and his aristocratic patron Charles de Morny. Istvan Szabo recreates a memorable night at the theatre in turbulent 1860's Paris. Show-casing eccentrically staged performances of two Offenbach short operas, Istvan Szabo brings to the life the composer Offenbach and his contemporaries in a delightful political satire.
Includes two J. Offenbach one act operas: Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins & Les deux Aveugles

Bonus: The missing manuscript of The Tales of Hoffmann by Gerald Caillat: This documentary recounts the history of the missing manuscript showing the roles of all involved in this musical detective story: score owners, music publishers, musicologists, opera directors, conductors, stage directors, etc, from Paris to New York via Hamburg and Burgundy. ( EUROARTS )

BONUS:
The Missing Manuscript - The History of The Tales of Hoffmann (Ideale Audience, France, 2004)

BOOKLET: English, German, French
RUN TIME: 139 mins (97 mins + 52 mins)