Duet for One (1986)
- Starring:
- Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Synopsis of Duet for One
Julie Andrews delivers a virtuoso dramatic performance in Duet for One. Based on a play by Tom Kempinski, the story concerns brilliant concert violinist Stephanie Anderson (Andrews) who is slowly succumbing to the ravages of multiple sclerosis. Stephanie's problems are compounded by her cheating husband David Cornwallis (Alan Bates), and her protégé Constantine Kassanis (Rupert Everett), who shows signs of "selling out" to popular entertainment. Max von Sydow, who previously co-starred with Andrews in Hawaii, plays psychiatrist Dr. Louis Feldman, who tries to help Stephanie cope with her debilitations, but who ends up as much an albatross around her neck as David and Constantine. Critics are still divided over whether or not the mystical sequences between Andrews and the ghost of her violin teacher (Sigfrit Steiner) truly work within the context of the plotline. Duet for One was the third English-language production for Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Duet for One
- Julie Andrews - Stephanie Anderson
- Max von Sydow - Dr. Louis Feldman
- Margaret Courtenay - Sonia Randvich
- Sigfrit Steiner - Leonid Lefimov
- Rachel Levin
- David Miller - Charlie
- Nicola Perring - Betsy
- Alan Bates - David Cornwallis
- Rupert Everett - Constantine Kassanis
- Cathryn Harrison - Penny Smallwood
- Macha Meril - Anya
- Dorothea Phillips - Betty
- Liam Neeson - Totter
- Siobhan Redmond - Totter's wife
- Director(s):
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Writer(s):
- Andrei Konchalovsky, Jeremy Lipp, Tom Kempinski
- Producer(s):
- Michael J. Kagan, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
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