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Daniel Hope – Der Klang des Lebens

Hamburg filmmaker Nahuel Lopez (EL VIAJE) takes on the themes of immigration and intercultural identity once again in his portrait of South African violin virtuoso Daniel Hope.

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It‘s no wonder that Hamburg screenwriter and filmmaker Nahuel Lopez decided to do a portrait of 44 year old violin virtuoso Daniel Hope in his second documentary. The South African musician born in Durban grew up in London after his dissident parents flee from the apartheid regime. As a small boy he happened to go to the great Yehudi Menuhin‘s house and was immediately drawn to the queen of string instruments. As his career rises, he discovers the history of his Jewish grandparents who were banished from their villa in Berlin-Dahlem by Nazis in 1933. In his book “Familienstücke“ from 2007, Hope deals with his moving family history.

Director Lopez also feels like he belongs to several cultures, he has German as well as Chilean roots and grew up in Alster and Barcelona. Migration, escape, and cultural identity also played a role in his previous film EL VIAJE where he connected with Ärzte bassist Rodrigo Gonzales and traced his musical roots in Chile. Lopez expands on the subject again in DER KLANG DES LEBENS. He overlays personal timelines of the violinists famly history with his current musical activities, as the musical director of the Zürich chamber orchestra for example, with the history of expats Kurz Weill and Thomas Mann, whose villa Hope visits in Los Angeles. It‘s also an important topic for the violinist: his book “Sounds of Hollywood“ and album „Escape to Paradise“ traces the history of Jewish composers in the US who fled Nazi Germany.

Jens Mayer

Translation: Elinor Lewy

Credits

Deutschland 2017, 108 min
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nahuel Lopez
Author: Oliver Keidel, Nahuel Lopez
DOP: Florian Kirchler
Montage: Oliver Keidel
Distributor: mindjazz pictures
FSK: oA
Release: 19.10.2017

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Screenings

  • OV Original version
  • OmU Original with German subtitles
  • OmeU Original with English subtitles

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