Song Without End (Crescendo)

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Actors: Dirk Bogarde , Martita Hunt , Lou Jacobi , Marcel Dalio , Capucine , Walter Rilla , Geneviève Page , Alexander Davion , Patricia Morison , Lyndon Brook , Ivan Desny , Katherine Squire , Hans Unterkircher , Albert Rueprecht , Erland Erlandsen

Director: Charles Vidor

IMDB Rate: 5.8 out of 10 (174 votes)

Plot Summary:Fifteen years after directing the florid and commercially successful Chopin bio-pic, the 1945 A Song to Remember, director Charles Vidor headed up this lush, Technicolor production about Franz Liszt--only to die a few weeks into shooting and be replaced by George Cukor. (Cukor insisted the credit remain with Vidor, and indeed there is little of Cukors touch visible in this film.) Song Without End stars Dirk Bogarde as Liszt, and while the actors stints at the piano are effectively dubbed by Jorge Boyet, the story really concerns the composers entangled love life. Much, much less flamboyant than Ken Russells Lisztomania, Song Without End is, in its own way, just as indulgent, extravagantly presuming that love is the major inspiration for the creation of music. No film about a composer would be complete without a few of his famous contemporaries, and Song Without End makes a point of bringing George Sand and Chopin himself to the proceedings. The sets are impressive, and the cinematography is by James Wong Howe.