Directed by:
Andrey KonchalovskiyScreenplay:
Andrey KonchalovskiyCinematography:
Alex ThomsonComposer:
Michael BishopCast:
Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, Max von Sydow, Rupert Everett, Cathryn Harrison, Liam Neeson, Macha Méril, David Miller, Siobhan Redmond, Dorothea Phillips (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Julie Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Rupert Everett
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
Madonna: Celebration: The Video Collection (2009) (video compilation)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Cathryn Harrison
UK
Best movies:
The Dresser (1983)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV movie)
Liam Neeson
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Macha Méril
Morocco
Best movies:
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
David Miller
USA
Best movies:
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) (TV movie)
Duet for One (1986)
Siobhan Redmond
UK
Best movies:
Code of a Killer (2015) (TV movie)
Frankenstein (1994)
Look Back in Anger (1989) (TV movie)
Dorothea Phillips
UK
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Sigfrit Steiner
Switzerland
Best movies:
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Der Fußgänger (1973)
On Trial (1954)
Nicola Perring
Best movies:
Duet for One (1986)
Nothing Underneath (1985)
Margaret Courtenay
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) (TV movie)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)