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PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young son find work on a 19th century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a stern, colorful grand swatch of masterpiece cinema...
PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young son find work on a 19th-century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a stern, colorful, grand swatch of Masterpiece Cinema...
KERN: SHOW BOAT (EMI). The landmark American musical just keeps on rollin' along in a bravura operatic version with Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas...
That ship carries Swedish immigrants seeking work in Denmark. Among them are an old man, Lasse (Max von Sydow), and his young son Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard). The former is too old and the latter is too young to be prime prospects for the labor force in a land that is prejudiced against foreigners. Besides, Lasse is a recent widower who drinks too much. Although he is capable of bluster, it is impotent, one more demonstration that a long, hard life has defeated...
...last month when he announced he would return to his first love, the ad game, in April. Levine, 45, has been at the Met practically since puberty and lately has been making valedictory noises; it is no secret that he wishes to expand his European activities and that Herbert von Karajan's twin jobs as head of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Salzburg Festival would suit him just fine. The Met, already scrambling for a new general manager, could eventually be shopping for a new music director as well...