Film-Collage | Regie
Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V., Los Angeles | 2020
A Collage Film by Richard Haufe-Ahmels
Introduction by Dr. Claudia Gordon, Director Villa Aurora
Chapter 1: Walter Arlen and Vienna
Congratulations from Mag. Andreas Launer
Consul General of Austria, Los Angeles
Congratulations from Stephanus Domanig
Director of “The First Century of Walter Arlen”,
Vienna Congratulations from Prof. Dr. Gerold Gruber
Director exil.arte center,
Vienna Congratulations from Dr. Michael Haas
Senior Researcher exil.arte, Vienna
Chapter 2: The Composer Walter Arlen
Walter Arlen: Sonnett (1994)
Performed by Daniel Hope & Daniel Wnukowski
Chapter 3: The Critic Walter Arlen
Congratulations from Margit Kleinman
Former Director of Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles
Congratulations from Barbara Zeisl-Schönberg and Ronald Schönberg
Children of Composers Erich Zeisl and Arnold Schönberg
Congratulations from Matthew Mishory
Director of “Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile”, Los Angeles
Chapter 4: The Discovery of the Composer Walter Arlen
Congratulations from Volker Ahmels
Director of the Centre for Ostracised Music, Rostock
Congratulations from Sonja Bisgiel
Soprano, Berlin
Congratulations from Helmut Oehring
Composer, Villa Aurora Honorary Fellow (2020)
Congratulations from Stefan Schneider
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Walter Arlen: Fragment from the Song of Songs, Preliminary
Performed by Christian Immler, Daniel Wnukowski
Used Footage:
The First Century of Walter Arlen (2018)
Artur Schnabel: No Placeof Exile (2019)
Archiv Richard Haufe-Ahmels (2018 & 2008/2009)
Photos by Sven Zellner (2019)
Sonnett und Song of Songs: Preliminary aus dem Album “Die letzte Blaue”, Gramola 2014.
At the request of Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V