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Everything is a present the wonder and the grace of Alice Sommer Herz = Alles ist ein Geschenk / the Christopher Nupen films ; written and directed by Christopher Nupen ; produced by Allegro Films

Publication | Library Call Number: DVD-0392

Christopher Nupen's film portreys Alice Sommer Herz, 106, the second oldest person in London, a woman with the true gift of forgiveness. A Nazi concentration camp prisoner for two years with her six-year-old son, she witnessed the deaths of her mother and her husband in the camp, but she also remembers playing more than 100 concerts in the camp and likens the experience, both for the performers and for the listeners, to being close to the divine. Alice is in no doubt that music saved her sanity as well as her life and the lives of hundreds of others.

Other Title
Garten Eden inmitten der Hölle.
Sonatas, piano no. 14, op. 27, no. 2, C♯ minor. Selections.
Impromptus, piano, D. 935. No. 2.
České tance. Selections.
Variant Title
Alles ist ein Geschenk
Wonder and the grace of Alice Sommer Herz
Alice Sommer Herz
Series
The Christopher Nupen films
Format
Projected medium
Published
[Guildford, England] : Allegro Films, c2009
Language
English
German
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Physical Description
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Contents
Everything is a present [Alice Sommer Herz in conversations with Christopher Nupen] (ca. 48 min.)
[Alice Sommer Herz playing] Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 First movement (ca. 6 min.).
Other Authors/Editors
Nupen, Christopher.
Herz-Sommer, Alice,
Müller, Melissa,
Beethoven, Ludwig van,
Schubert, Franz,
Smetana, Bedřich,
Allegro Films (London, England)
Notes
"[Alice Sommer Herz], sage, saint, mavin and subject of the best selling book A garden of Eden in Hell published in 7 languages."-- Booklet cover.
Music played by Alice Sommer Herz: extracts from the Impromptu No. 2 Op. 142 D.935 by Franz Schubert, Bedřich Smetana's Czech Dances, and from the Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Booklet (15 p. : col. ill.) with program and an essay by Christopher Nupen in English inserted in container.
Still photographs, Matthew Percival ; online editor, Paul Bates.
DVD; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio: 16:9; 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo sound format.
In English and German with optional subtitles in German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

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