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    Ligne de Vie

    A Frenchman in Moscow falls for a Russian woman who seduces then drugs him. He awakens to find...

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    Rothschild's Violin

    A resurrection of a one-act Russian opera by Benjamin Fleischmann from the '40s which also presents...

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    Voices From a Locked Room (1997)

    A recent widow (Amy Acker) learns she can communicate with the dead.

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    The Third Moon

    Architect Luca has come to restore an elaborate house in the Jewish quarter that's inhabited by Lio,...

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    Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog

    Illustrated with archival footage and musical extracts, a look at one the century's most eclectic...

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    Step Across the Border

    A portrait of the English guitarist and composer Fred Frith.

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    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (2001)

    Examines the lesser-known musical career of 89-year-old composer Paul Bowles, most famous for...

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    The Intruder

    When Catherine first moves to Canada from Europe she doesn't know anyone, and so when she meets...

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    Le Roi danse

    In the early years of his reign, young King Louis XIV uses his power and influence to advance the...

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    Broadway: The Golden Age (2004)

    The Golden Age of Broadway theater is brought to the screen by interviews with over 100 Broadway...

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    A Labyrinth of Time

    A study of the life and creative process of musical composer Eliot Carter.

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    Make a Wish (2002)

    A boy soprano (Bobby Breen) attends summer camp in Maine and plays Cupid for his mother (Marion...

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    Songbirds

    Filmmaker Brian Hill interviews inmates at a women's prison who tell their stories through song.

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    Blue (1993)

    A Frenchwoman (Juliette Binoche) tries to withdraw from life after her daughter and composer husband...

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    Topsy-Turvy (1999)

    After bad reviews for the operetta ``Princess Ida,'' W.S. Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) and Arthur...

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    Deep in My Heart (1954)

    Hungarian Sigmund Romberg (Jose Ferrer) comes to circa-1900 New York and becomes a composer for...

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    Dixie

    According to this exuberant Paramount musical, famed pre-Civil War minstrel performer Daniel Decatur...

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    Testimony (1988)

    After being denounced by Stalin (Terence Rigby) in the 1930s, Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich...

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    Soulmates (1997)

    A frustrated young composer who feels pressured by the success of his famous film director father,...

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    Ghost Writer

    Jonathan Vandermark is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and...

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    A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich (2007)

    Dmitry Shostakovich, the greatest composer of the 20th century, remains one of its biggest...

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    In Search of Mozart (2007)

    Filmmaker Phil Grabsky examines the great composer's life and music.

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    Abel Gance's Beethoven

    This fascinating biography chronicles the years in which the master composer began to lose his...

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    Break of Hearts (1935)

    An aspiring composer (Katharine Hepburn) marries a famous conductor (Charles Boyer) with a weakness...

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    The Broken Melody

    A composer (John Garrick) goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera...

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    The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

    A New York soprano (Jeanette MacDonald) meets a struggling composer (Ramon Navarro) in Brussels and...

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    Dangerous Moonlight

    A Polish composer (Anton Walbrook) in the Royal Air Force reunites with his wife (Sally Gray) after...

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    Escape Me Never

    A composer (Errol Flynn) returns to his wife (Ida Lupino) in circa-1900 Europe after a fling with...

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    Ewiger Walzer

    Director Paul Verhoeven manages to cut through the sentimental strudel in this biopic of "waltz...

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    Fiesta (1947)

    A Mexican girl (Esther Williams) poses as her bull-shy twin brother (Ricardo Montalban) in the ring...