Magic Flute (2001)
• June 6th, 2001 • 0h 10min
Documentary
Overview
“As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relationships with this best and truest friend of mankind that death's image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling” - thus said Mozart about death. Mozart died in 1791 and was buried in a mass grave, as standard at the time in Vienna for a person of his social and financial situation. In 2000, 452 of Riga’s deceased — people without relatives, the homeless and the unidentified — were buried at the Jaunciems cemetery. But this film is not about death: it's about Mozart, The Magic Flute, Riga, and love. A short commissioned for the Latvian exhibition at Venice Biennale.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Looking for Don Giovanni
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary, Music
In Baden-Baden, Nayo Titzin follows the producers of the opera Don Giovanni, created for the Innsbru...
The Sound of Identity
Released on: 2020-08-22
Documentary
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovan...
City of the Dead
Released on: 2019-10-02
Documentary
The human being feels generally as fascinated as fearful before death and the inevitable fact of dyi...
Mozart and His Music
Released on: 1954-01-01
Documentary
Mozart's life and music are described against a background of the 18th century and of the European c...
In Search of Mozart
Released on: 2006-01-04
Documentary, Music
Made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, IN SEARCH OF MOZART is the first feature-...
Fredens port
Released on: 1996-12-01
Documentary
In a culture where cremation is unusual, cemeteries fill up rapidly. In Latin America and in some ot...
The Nobles of Prehistory: Ladies and Princes of the Paleolithic
Released on: 2021-06-16
Documentary, History
In 1872, in the cave of Cavillon in Monaco, archaeologist Émile Rivière (1835-1922) unearthed an app...
Dying Green
Released on: 2012-03-01
Documentary
A doctor's efforts to live a green life near the Appalachian Mountains lead to the development of a ...
Mozart's Sister
Released on: 2024-10-31
Documentary, Music
For the first 18 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical p...
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
Released on: 2016-06-21
Documentary, History
Lucy Worsley traces the forgotten and fascinating story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian...
Stonehenge Rediscovered
Released on:
Documentary
One of history's most enigmatic mysteries is unraveled in this fascinating one-hour special. Stunnin...
Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Released on: 2002-09-24
Documentary
This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and a...
Le Concerto de Mozart
Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary
Based on an idea by the writer Francis Marmande, Michel Portal, jazz clarinetist, leads young virtuo...
Ka Ho‘ina: Going Home
Released on: 2014-11-07
Documentary
Ka Hoʻina documents members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei's final repatriation of over 140...
One-Hand Clapping
Released on: 2001-08-17
Drama, Comedy
Svensson is a wealthy, aging blusterer who has just had a rather unusual funeral for his late wife a...
Elliott's To Do List
Released on: 2018-10-28
Comedy, Drama
A quirky high school girl has to learn that you can't fit friendship into a checkbox.
A Weekend of Deceased Persons
Released on: 1988-06-09
Comedy
Very black and grotesque comedy about the little office-worker Tase and his death wife Kata. She die...