The Singing City
2011-02-10 · 92 min · Not rated
Portrait about the planning and rehearsal of Richard Wagner's Parsifal directed by Calixto Bieito at the opera house in Stuttgart.
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- Directors
- Vadim Jendreyko
- Production companies
- 3sat, Filmtank, ZDF
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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