After the Storm: American Exile of Bela Bartok Movie Review 1991

This documentary chronicles the twilight of the life and career of a gifted creator of classical music. Banished from his native Hungary to the U.S. during WWII, Bartok died a broken and destitute man in 1945. This presentation combines footage from interviews with Bartok, his family and friends with performances of the beautiful music he created while eking out his final days in America.

Distribution

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, Phone: (773)281-9075, Toll-free: 800-331-6197, Fax: (773)929-5437, Email: sales@facets.org, URL: http://www.facets.org

Available on VHS
Running time 75 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Biography, Art & Artists, Music--Classical

Other

George Solti, Ervin Lukacs, Laszlo Barsony, Gyorgy Sando

Producer

RM Arts