A Stravinsky Portrait

Richard Leacock
1967-05-16


7
55 min

This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Includes conversations with a variety of friends and musical collaborators. Includes footage of Stravinsky and Balanchine discussing the Variations (in memoriam Aldous Huxley) and rehearsing their ballet Apollo with Suzanne Farrell.

Cast

Name Character Team
Igor Stravinsky Self Unowned
George Balanchine Self Unowned
Pierre Boulez Self Unowned
Robert Craft Self Unowned
Jacques d'Amboise Self Unowned
Suzanne Farrell Self Unowned
Gloria Govrin Self Unowned
Gerald Heard Self Unowned
Christopher Isherwood Self Unowned
Nicolas Nabokov Self Unowned
Vera de Bosset Self Unowned