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THE DEVIL'S VIOLINIST

DER TEUFELSGEIGER

By Bernard ROSE

BETA CINEMA - as SALES All rights, World

unknown - Completed 2013

A mystery biopic about a life of dramatic love, art and excess.

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- unknown
- Countries
- GERMANY, AUSTRIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Director(s)
- Bernard ROSE
- Writer(s)
- Bernard ROSE
- Cast
- David GARRETT, Jared HARRIS, Joely RICHARDSON, Christian MCKAY, Veronica FERRES, Helmut BERGER, Olivia D'ABO, Andrea DECK
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-C0D5-0000-X-0000-0000-C
- Producer(s)
- Gabriela BACHER (Summerstorm Entertainment), Danny KRAUSZ (Dor Film)
- Synopsis
- In the early 1830s Niccolo Paganini, the great virtuoso violinist, takes Paris by storm. “I am at present marveling at the astounding miracles performed by Paganini in Paris,” writes French novelist Balzac.
  “Do not imagine that it is merely a question of his bowing, his fingering, or the fantastic sounds he draws from his violin. There is, beyond all doubt, something mysterious about this man. I go to every one of his concerts. The opera house is packed to overflowing and the cashier raking in 20,000 francs a night.”
  It is said, in his native Italy, that to play with such virtuosity, Paganini has sold his soul to the devil. Women faint at his concerts, claiming to see a demon guiding his bow at amazing speeds. Rumors abound; he‘s been in prison for seducing a minor, he‘s seduced half the noble women of europe, he is capricious, vain, difficult.
  International music star, David Garrett, makes his movie debut playing the role of Paganini. It is Garrett‘s youth and incredible virtuoso talent that brings the excitement, energy, modernity and wonder
  to this film – the same way he enchants his audience during his sold-out concerts all over the world.