The Silent Touch
Dotkniecie reki, feature film, Great Britain/Denmark/Poland, 1992
DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Zanussi
CAST:
Max von Sydow (Henry Kesdi),
Lothaire Bluteau (Stefan),
Sarah Miles (Helena),
Sofie Gråbøl (Annette Berg),
Aleksander Bardini (prof. Jerzy Kern)
SCRIPT:
Peter Morgan,
Mark Wadlow
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jaroslaw Zamojda
Synopsis:
Max von Sydow plays Henry Kesdi, a brilliant seventy-year-old composer who hasn't written anything in forty years. Being Jewish, he has survived the Holocaust and now lives with his wife in Denmark. Following his own dreams, a young Polish music student Stefan visits him. He is determined to motivate Henry to work again. Old, sick, and an aggressive alcoholic, Henry immediately sends him away. Stefan slowly wins him over, but people around them will pay the price of art...
Max von Sydow was awarded best actor in Tokyo.
color, digital, 96 min