In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.
Directed by Zeno Dostál
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Related
Munich - The Edge of War
Radium Girls
Mother Night
The Last Rifleman
Oranges and Sunshine
Waiting for Anya
Adventures of a Mathematician
The Secrets We Keep
Taking Sides
The Monuments Men
The Boy in the Woods
Nuremberg
Shattered Glass
Walking with the Enemy
Origin
Eichmann