The Conductor(Movie, 1980)

Name: The Conductor
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1980
Duration: T01:41:00
Rating: 3.1

Original title: "Dyrygent" (Polish/PL)

1h 41min | Genres: Drama, Music

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

The Orchestra Conductor (Polish: Dyrygent, and also known as The Conductor) is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Andrzej Seweryn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. It was also shown at the 1980 New York Film Festival. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Conductor

Silver Bear for Best Actor Golden Shell

About The Conductor

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.

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Additional Information

Production country: Poland

Plays in: Poland, United States of America

Made by: Film Polski, Zespól Filmowy "X", Polish Corporation for Film Production

Original language: Polish (PL)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Polish (PL)

Translated into 9 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Polish (PL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/14/1982 (World premiere: 02/27/1980)

Cast: John Gielgud, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn, Janusz Gajos, Andrzej Seweryn, Marek Dąbrowski, Maria Seweryn, Jan Ciecierski, Andréa Ferréol

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Screenwriter: Andrzej Kijowski

Film Editor: Halina Prugar-Ketling

Director of Photography: Sławomir Idziak

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Production Designer: Allan Starski

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Диригент"

"O Maestro"

"Dirigenten"

"El director de orquesta"

"Le chef d'orchestre"

"O maestros"

"A karmester"

"Direttore d'orchestra"

"Dyrygent"

"O Chefe de Orquestra"

"Orkestra Sefi"

Keywords: travel, returning to roots, envy, opportunism, scholarship, marriage crisis, professional jealousy

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