Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro (2019)
Genre : Documentary, History, TV Movie
Runtime : 53M
Director : Sigrid Faltin
Synopsis
An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.
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