Underplayed Gems

The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)

The Kreutzer Sonata poster
Directed by
Bernard Rose
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man tells the troubling story of his marriage and his jealousy. The narrative examines love, art, and the bonds between people.

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What happens

The Kreutzer Sonata is a 2008 film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose based on the 1889 novella by Leo Tolstoy, starring Danny Huston, Elisabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang King and Anjelica Huston. It is the second time Danny Huston has led a film directed by Rose (after Ivans XTC) and Rose's 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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