Handel's Last Chance (1996)

Directed by

Milan Cheylov

Genre

biographical film

Country

Canada

Runtime

51 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1742, a Dublin street boy with a singing voice helps George Frideric Handel prepare the premiere of Messiah. The composer builds the boy's confidence and conscience.

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What happens

Handel's Last Chance is a 1996 television film created by David Devine and Richard Mozer for HBO Original Films of New York and directed by Milan Cheylov. A Canadian-Slovakian co-production, it stars Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, and Seana McKenna. It follows the fictional background of the premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in 1742, where a Dublin street boy aids the composer with his singing talent, and the composer in turn changes the boy's life by bringing out his conscience and self-confidence. The film is the last instalment in Devine Entertainment's six-film series The Composers' Specials, after Bizet's Dream, Bach's Fight for Freedom, Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time, Liszt's Rhapsody, and Rossini's Ghost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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