Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of it to preserve his musical legacy for future generations.
Watch the official Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen 2008 trailer in HD below or find more Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen videos on Vidimovie.
Herbert von Karajan as Self (archival footage)
Hugo Niebeling as Self
Herbert G. Kloiber as Self
Fritz Buttenstedt as Self
Horant H. Hohlfeld as Self
Ernst Wild as Self
Peter Gelb as Self
Gela-Marina Runne as Self
Humphrey Burton as Self
Germany 07 April 2008
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28 October 2008
Determined to understand the repeating patterns he was finding in nature, French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot used an early form of computer imagery to produce his own versions, coining the recurring shapes fractals.
15 May 2008
A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinating on the Mayor's limo.
11 September 2008
Spring 1945: the Allies are outside Hamburg. In front of a movie theater, Lena Brücker meets Hermann Bremer, a marine assigned to the 'final battle on the home front'.
27 November 2008
A group of ghastly creatures from the past led by Drakulat Van Listerooy (Awie) returns to free one of Satan's spawn - Lord Sharon.
01 January 2008
In this soulful surf documentary, filmmaker Cyrus Sutton shadows five different surfers, capturing the ups and downs of their daily routines -- much like the ebb and flow of the waves they ride with such passion.
01 September 2008
A brash, irreverent and poetically playful collage of stories about people in Singapore who run away and disappear forever.
29 October 2008
With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy.
22 January 2008
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20 November 2008
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.
30 October 2008
"Return to the Rafters" documents fans and members of the Boston Celtics during their historic championship-winning 2007-08 NBA season.
07 October 2008
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A gonzo black comedy with six intertwining stories set in the streets of Tokyo about the ongoing battle between the Internet generation and the older generation.
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