Requiem for Fanny

2001 · Documentary

Requiem for Fanny recreates the world of Felix Mendelssohn, to the musical accompaniment of his beautiful String Quartet No. 2. In a period setting, actors and dancers perform around and about the musicians, evoking the composer's happy childhood and sophisticated milieu, as well as his close relationship with Goethe and his symbiotic relationship with his sister Fanny, herself a major composer.

Director: Lorne Brass
Writer: Marie-Christine Letourneux
Released: January 1, 2001
Language: English

Cast

Le Quatuor Claudel
Orchestra
Vlasta Vrana
Narrator
Paul-Antoine Taillefer
Felix Mendelssohn
Estelle Clareton
Fanny Mendelssohn
Ariane Pare Brass
Young Fanny Mendelssohn

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