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Shadows – Genesis of Heinz Holliger’s “Violin Concerto, Hommage to Louis Soutter”

Switzerland, April 1997
FILM, Documentary, 105 min.

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directed by
Edna Politi
Written by
Edna Politi, Philippe Albèra
Status
In distribution

The film concentrates on Heinz Hollinger at the time of the creation of his “Concerto pour violon”, which is inspired for the most part by the tragic and very touching “œuvre” of the painter and violinist Louis Soutter, one of the many outcasts to have served Hollinger as a model. At the same time as it takes a close look at the personalities and work of these two courageous artists, the film pays tribute to Soutter, as a passionate painter who is still relatively unknown, to Thomas Zehetmair, a violinist whose inflamed style, extreme concentration and total commitment have inspired the composer and finally to Heinz Hollinger himself, a composer and conductor whose mastery, generosity and depth of musical understanding are self-evident. “How can one write poems after Auschwitz” asked Adorno at the end of the war. In the obscurity of the forest of contemporary life, in which the dance of shadows has been reborn, this film witnesses the genesis and creation of music that faces up to this difficult question.

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World Premiere
April 1997
Original Version
French, German (french subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Production
Contrechamps Productions, ARTE France – Unité de Programmes Documentaires, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Edna Politi
Written by
Edna Politi, Philippe Albèra
Cinemato­graphy
Axel Brandt, Denis Jutzeler
Editing
Edna Politi, Elizabeth Waelchli

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ARTE France – Unité de Programmes Documentaires

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