Crescendo (2019 film)

Crescendo is a 2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi. It premiered at the Munich International Film Festival on July 3, 2019, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.^[2] It opened to the public in Germany on January 16, 2020, and is scheduled for release in American cinemas in June by Menemsha Films.^[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the film will be released in virtual cinema starting May 1. The film received the 2020 Cinema for Peace Honorary Award.

Crescendo
Film poster
Directed by	Dror Zahavi
Written by	Stephen Glantz Volker Kellner Marcus O. Rosenmüller Johannes Rotter [de] Dror Zahavi
Produced by	Alice Brauner [de]
Starring	Peter Simonischek Bibiana Beglau Daniel Donskoy Sabrina Amali Mehdi Meskar Eyan Pinkovich
Cinematography	Gero Steffen [de]
Edited by	Fritz Busse [de]
Music by	Martin Stock [de]
Production companies	CCC Filmkunst FilmVergnuegen MZ-Film Niama Film
Distributed by	Camino Filmverleih
Release dates	3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) (Munich Film Festival) 16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) (Germany)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German English Arabic Hebrew
Box office	$73,346[1][failed verification]

The film is inspired by the real-life story of Daniel Barenboim's West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.^[4]

Plot

A world-famous conductor, Eduard Sporck, is approached by Karla de Fries to put together an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra for a peace performance. He accepts, but first he must have his group overcome their beliefs, fears, and bigotry in order to come together.

Cast

• Peter Simonischek as Eduard Sporck
• Bibiana Beglau as Karla de Fries
• Daniel Donskoy [de] as Ron
• Sabrina Amali [de] as Layla
• Mehdi Meskar [it] as Omar
• Eyan Pinkovich as Shira Halevy
• Hitham Omari as Jussef
• Götz Otto as Bellmann