DOCUMENTARY

Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben - Gustav Mahler

To Live I Will Die - Gustav Mahler

Nathalie Bauer-Lechner, Anna von Mildenburg und Alma Mahler are the three women who had the greatest influence on Gustav Mahler and here act as chronists of his time and his career. The dialogue is authentic (Herta Blaukopf, well-known for her research on Mahler worked on the script). The citations are taken from the contemporary press. Guests in coffee houses comment on Mahler and the time he was director of the Vienna Opera. A semi-documentary film of the life and work of Gustav Mahler, the famous composer, with vignettes which are faithful to the style of the Mahler era, of Vienna and Austria at the turn of the century.
Technical Data
Running time: 93
Format: 35mm
Screen ratio: 1:1.66
Sound: Heinz Ebner
Language spoken: German
Production year: 1987
Contact: Forum-Film, Wolfgang Lesowky KG Weihburggasse 16 A-1010 Vienna, Austria tel: +43 1/512 31 11 fax: +43 1/512 31 11
Credits
Director(s):
Writer(s): Herta Blaukopf, Wolfgang Lesowsky
Cinematography: Dieter Gessl
Editing: Eva Maria Schneider, Wolfgang Lesowsky
Key cast: Reinhard Hauser, Erika Mottl, Dana Gillespie, Corinne Hochwarter, Fritz Muliar, Peter Uray, Frank Dietrich, Rudi Schippel
Producer: Wolfgang Lesowsky
Producers: Wolfgang Lesowsky