Yehudi Menuhin

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Gérald Caillat, Sue Knussen

John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham

Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.

Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century

Bruno Monsaingeon

Yehudi Menuhin

This film is devoted to the artistic heritage of a personality who ranked among the most extraordinary musicians of his time, even as a child. Menuhin was not a mere musician: he was a cosmopolitan, a peacemaker and a true humanist. French filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon, who filmed this great retrospective, describes his work with Menuhin as follows: “He threw himself into it whole-heartedly, with great sense of humour and overwhelming humanity. This film also shows my heartfelt gratitude for a man who gave such decisive sense to my own existence.”

The Memory of Justice

Marcel Ophüls

Joan Baez, Karl Dönitz

This exceptional, disturbing and thought-provoking documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those done by the Americans in Vietnam. The four hour epic questions the right of any country to pass self-righteous moral judgements upon the actions of another country.

David Oistrakh: Artist of the People?

Bruno Monsaingeon

Gidon Kremer, Yehudi Menuhin

The life and virtuosic work of Russian violinist David Oistrakh, once known as King David in the Soviet Union, is chronicled with depth and detail by filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon in this intriguing portrait of an artist. Highlights include a range of performance footage throughout Oistrakh's legendary career, as well as interviews with his son, Igor, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable

Bruno Monsaingeon

Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin

Sabine und die hundert Männer

Wilhelm Thiele

Sabine Sinjen, Dieter Borsche

Les Français vus par

David Lynch, Luigi Comencini

Eve Ruggieri, Jean Clemente

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

Stage Door Canteen

Frank Borzage

Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

Glenn Gould: Extasis

Glenn Gould, Yehudi Menuhin

A collection of recollections and opinions of and about Glenn Gould, interspersed with excerpts of archive footage of the great Canadian pianist speaking and playing.

Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Yehudi Menuhin, Herbert von Karajan

Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No 9 1966

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Yehudi Menuhin, Herbert von Karajan

Combining the forces of two of the 20th century's greatest musicians - Yehudi Menuhin and Herbert von Karajan in their only recorded performance together - this magnificent programme marks a high point in filmed classical music, directed by master filmmaker and long-time Karajan collaborator Henri-Georges Clouzot. Herbert von Karajan conducts the Wiener Symphoniker and the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, filmed in 1966 by film director Henry-Georges Clouzot.