Film Record: Last Concert, The

Image of The Last Concert pictured in the PSA Journal, Nov. 1959, 48.

Date produced: 1959

Filmmaker(s):

Gerd Vogelsang

Gerhard Rehage

Erwin Oswich

Wolfgang Lenz

Languages:

German

Duration:

00:07:00

Length:

240 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1959

Description:

"This is a short story about a musician, a pianist who has enjoyed the pleasure and popularity of concerts in many cities of Europe. And then came the war! Even in the thick of battle, when his fingers must play a different keyboard, music does not leave his mind. The picture closes with the last concert, simple, but forceful in its emotional impact" PSA Journal, Nov. 1959, 48.

Resources:

Also known in German as "Das letzte Konzert".

The Wuppertal Film and Video Klub lists the film in the history section of their website as winning the "World's Best Amateur Film" at the Bad Ems World Film Festival in 1958, and touring numerous countries.

Locations:

• Europe (Filming)

Club Affiliation:

Wuppertal Amateur Film Club

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
• Artists
•      Musicians
•      War
•           Organ and piano music

Genre:

• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• 1958 at the Weltfilmfestspielen (World Film Festival): Bad Ems, Germany
• 2013 for the 75th anniversary of the Wuppertal Film and Video Club: Wuppertal, Germany

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