Movie MarauderGreat Documentaries - Richter the Enigma
September 3rd 2008 05:40
'Richter the Enigma' the enigma
Ever since reading a review the film and some Richter related books in the New York Review of Books 8 or so years ago, I have been hunting the video or DVD. A few times I actually ordered it and each time I was eventually told the video was no longer available.
Imagine my surprise finding it on Google Video! The quality is a bit poor and subtitles a touch difficult to read in places, but Google Video gets this doc across the line.
Here is the link to Part 1:
Richter the Enigma part 1
If you are a fan of Richter, this film will satisfy. However if you are not particularly a fan of classical piano this is still worth your time. Richter is a fascinating figure, caught up in the Soviet maelstrom of the 20th Century, thrown this way and that and always landing on his feet. Richter exhibited his talent just about anywhere people would have him. His story is truly fascinating.
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