Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler

2011 · 87 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music?

Directed by Peter Rosen · Written by Sara Lukinson

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