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documentary David Oistrakh, Artist of the People? by Bruno Monsaingeon Enhanced with exclusive, never-before-seen commentary by the director

Enhanced with exclusive, never-before-seen commentary by the director

David Oistrakh, Artist of the People? by Bruno Monsaingeon Enhanced with exclusive, never-before-seen commentary by the director

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David Oistrakh, the violin legend, under Stalinist terror.

"How ever hard I try, I can't recall ever having been without a violin during my childhood. I was three and a half when my father brought home a toy violin for me. As I played it I imagined I was a street violinist, a poor man's occupation that was widespread in Odessa at the time. But I could not imagine any greater happiness." The little prince, adored by his mother ("Do you know why he is so intelligent? Because, as a child, he bathed in my milk!") became for all of his fellow musicians "King David," a title he came to merit.

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Program

  • Exclusive commentary by director Bruno Monsaingeon
  • Original documentary

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  • Directed by:
  • Production date: 1994
  • Duration: 1 h 28 min
  • Production: © Euripide productions / IMALYRE Groupe France Télécom / La Sept-ARTE
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