Screenings are free but booking is mandatory
https://beirutartfilmfestival.org/booking/
Germany 2019
Director: Andreas Morell & Magdalena Zieba-Schwind
Producer: Günter Atteln
A production of: Accentus Music
Length: 56 min
No musician has received such inconsistent coverage as Clara Schumann, who was born as Clara Wieck on September 13, 1819, in Leipzig. Some portray her as a tough woman incapable of love and describe her marriage as unhappy. Indeed, several quotes suggest little happiness. She wrote to her husband Robert: “I would love to compose, but I cannot compose here at all… I always console myself with the fact that I am a woman, and they were not born to compose.” But there are also the cheerful and self-confident quotes: “I won’t abandon my art; I would have to reproach myself for eternity.” Or: “The practice of art is a large part of my being; it is the air in which I breathe.” They, in turn, allow the interpretation of a modern woman who was far ahead of her time.
The film sets out to trace the life of an artist who, despite the significant hurdles of her time, became a superstar. Throughout Europe, she was celebrated as a pianist and received many honors. Her husband often had the feeling that he had to struggle for recognition. When he accompanied Clara on a concert tour to Russia, he was supposedly asked: “And you? What do you do? Do you also have something to do with music?”
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