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The Kreutzer Sonata (2008 film)

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The Kreutzer Sonata
Directed byBernard Rose
Written byLisa Enos
Bernard Rose
Based on
The Kreutzer Sonata
by
StarringDanny Huston
Elisabeth Röhm
Matthew Yang King
Anjelica Huston
Distributed byAxiom Films (UK and Ireland)
Release date
  • 20 June 2008 (2008-06-20) (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Kreutzer Sonata is a 2008 film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose based on the 1889 novella by Leo Tolstoy,[1] starring Danny Huston, Elisabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang King and Anjelica Huston.

It is Rose's second collaboration with Danny Huston (after Ivans XTC) and his third adaptation of a work by Tolstoy, following 1997's Anna Karenina and 2003's Ivans XTC.

"The Kreutzer Sonata" is the name commonly given to Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major. Director Bernard Rose had previously directed Immortal Beloved, a film about the life of Beethoven, in which there is a major (and pivotal) scene that features a performance of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata.

References

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  1. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (11 March 2010). "The Kreutzer Sonata: Film review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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