Mieczysław Weinberg

Sound

Mieczysław Weinberg

Born December 8, 1919 · Warsaw, Republic of Poland

Died February 28, 1996 · aged 76

No biography available.

Known For

The Cranes Are FlyingThe Cranes Are Flying · 1957
The Cranes Are Flying
★ 7.91957
MovieDramaRomance
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
AfonyaAfonya · 1975
Afonya
★ 7.71975
MovieDramaComedy
Afonya Borshev is a plumber who drinks a lot, flirts a lot and doesn't care too much about tomorrow. His wife left him, his boss placed him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. When Afonya met Katya at a dance club he didn't pay her much attention, yet she may be the only one who can help him.
Teheran '43Teheran '43 · 1981
Teheran '43
★ 6.41981
MovieActionDrama
This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.
The Twelve MonthsThe Twelve Months · 1956
The Twelve Months
★ 6.31956
MovieFantasyAnimation
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.
The Hyperboloid of Engineer GarinThe Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin · 1965
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
★ 5.01965
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A Russian engineer Petr Garin possesses a unique beam-shooting weapon that can destroy any target. His goal is to achieve world domination with the help of this weapon. Vasily Shelga is out to stop him and also to prevent others getting possession of this weapon.
Mieczysław Weinberg: The IdiotMieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot · 2024
Mieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot
2024
MovieMusic
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla continues her high-profile championship of the works of the composer Mieczysław Weinberg with this new Salzburg Festival production of his final opera, The Idiot, with a libretto based on Dostoevsky’s great novel of innocence destroyed by corrupt society. Featuring music of great power and intensity, the opera, completed in 1985, showcases Weinberg’s remarkable skill as a musical dramatist, while this new production by Krzysztof Warlikowski promises to mark a watershed in its brief performance history.
The PassengerThe Passenger · 2022
The Passenger
2022
MovieMusicDrama
Mieczyslaw Weinberg's powerful Holocaust drama Die Passagierin channels his and his family's ordeals of wartime and Soviet persecution, applying them musically to Zofia Posmysz's autobiographical novel.
Nylon 100%Nylon 100% · 1973
Nylon 100%
★ 5.71973
MovieComedy
An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people.

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Teheran '43Teheran '43 · 1981
Teheran '43
★ 6.41981
MovieActionDrama
This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.

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