Spring Symphony (1983)
- Starring:
- Nastassja Kinski, Rolf Hoppe, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Schamoni
- Category:
- Romance
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Whatever it is about 19th century composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck that fascinates filmmakers, it is a strong enough fascination to prompt a retelling of the Schumanns' lives every few years. First, there was the 1947 Katharine Hepburn/Paul Henreid film vehicle Song of Love. Then there was a well-received 1950s episode of The Loretta Young Show. And in 1983, we were treated to the German-made Spring Symphony (originally Fruehlingssinfonie). This time around, Nastassja Kinski is Clara and Herbert Gronemeyer is Robert; the story of how fame can destroy the relationship between a sensitive woman and a workaholic man remains the mixture as before. Oddly, given the usual "warts and all" movie mentality of the 1980s, Spring Symphony is even more fanciful and romanticized than earlier versions of the Schumann saga. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast of Spring Symphony
- Nastassja Kinski - Clara Wieck
- Gidon Kremer - Nicolo Paganini
- Inge Marschall - Clemenza Wieck
- Helmut Oskamp - Alwien Wieck
- Bernhard Walker - Baron von Fricken
- Michael Sylvio Heufelder - Von der Luhe
- Hans-Eberhard Gabel - Fencing Master
- Marie Colbin - Parisian Lady
- Friedrich W. Bauschulte - Fraternity Brother
- Gesa Thoma - Nanni
- G.H. Rohig - Music Director Dorn
- Gert Holtenau - Attorney
- Anja-Christine Preussler - Clara as a Child
- Wolfgang Greese - Presiding Judge
- Andre Heller - Felix Mendelssohn
- Rolf Hoppe - Friedrich Wieck
- Bernhard Wicki - Baron von Fricken
- Margit Geissler - Christerl
- Edda Seippel - Schumann's mother
- H.H. Hochmann - Innkeeper
- Ursula Gerstel - Chamber Maid
- Hanna Freitag
- Jochen Bott
- Peter Schamoni - Publisher Hartel
- Walter Schuster - Professor Fischhof
- Kitty Mattern - Princess Starnitz
- Sonja Tuchmann - Baroness von Fricken
- Uwe Muller - Becker
- Herbert Gronemeyer - Robert Schumann
- Gunter Kraa - Karl Banck
- Director(s):
- Peter Schamoni
- Writer(s):
- Peter Schamoni
- Categories:
- Romance
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