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{{Infobox Film {{Infobox film
| name = Rhapsody | name = Rhapsody
| image = Rhapsody1c.jpeg | image = Rhapsody1c.jpeg
⚫ | image_size =
| caption = Original film poster showing Elizabeth Taylor with Vittorio Gassmann
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = ] | director = ]
| producer = ] | producer = ]
| writer = {{Plainlist|
| writer = Ruth Goetz<br>Augustus Goetz<br>]<br> Michael Kanin <br>] (novel)
* Ruth Goetz
| starring = ]<br>]<br> ]<br>]
* Augustus Goetz
| music = Johnny Green<br> ]<br> ]<br> ]<br>]
* Fay Kanin
* Michael Kanin
}}
| screenplay =
| story =
| based on = {{based on|''Maurice Guest''|]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
}}
| music = Johnny Green <small>(director)</small>
| cinematography = Robert H. Planck | cinematography = Robert H. Planck
| editing = John D. Dunning | editing = John D. Dunning
| distributor = ] | studio = ]
| distributor = MGM
| released = {{flagicon|USA}} 11 March 1954
| runtime = 115 min | released = {{Film date|1954|03|11|USA}}
| country = ] | runtime = 115 minutes
| awards = | country = United States
| language = ] | language = English
| budget = | budget =
| preceded_by = | gross =
⚫ | followed_by =
}} }}
'''''Rhapsody''''' is a 1954 American musical romance drama film directed by ] and starring ], ], ], and ]. Based on the novel ''Maurice Guest'' by ], the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory. There she meets a piano student who falls madly in love with her. She must then choose between this man who loves her more than his music, and the violinist who loves his music more than anything else.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/ |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Rhapsody'' features music by ], ], ], ], and ].


==Cast==
'''''Rhapsody''''' is a 1954 ] ] directed by ], and produced by ]. It is based on the novel ''Maurice Guest'' by ]
* ] as Louise Durant
* ] as Paul Bronte
* ] as James Guest
* ] as Nicholas Durant
* ] as Prof. Schuman
* ] as Effie Cahill
* Richard Hageman as Bruno Fürst
* Richard Lupino as Otto Krafft
* ] as Frau Sigerlist
* ] as Dove
* Madge Blake as Mrs. Cahill
* Jack Raine as Edmund Streller
* Birgit Nielsen as Madeleine
* Jacqueline Duval as Yvonne
* Norma Nevens as Student Pianist<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/fullcredits |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref>


==Production==
The film stars ], ] and ] with ], ], ], ] and ].
''Rhapsody'' was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland.<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Locations for Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/locations |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref>


==References==
It features music by ], ], ], ], and ], among others.
{{reflist}}


==External links== ==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0047408|title=Rhapsody}} * {{imdb title|0047408|Rhapsody}}


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{{Charles Vidor}} {{Charles Vidor}}


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Revision as of 13:30, 16 January 2013

1954 American film
Rhapsody
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Vidor
Written by
  • Ruth Goetz
  • Augustus Goetz
  • Fay Kanin
  • Michael Kanin
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
Starring
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byJohn D. Dunning
Music byJohnny Green (director)
Production
company		MGM
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • March 11, 1954 (1954-03-11) (USA)
Running time115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rhapsody is a 1954 American musical romance drama film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, and Louis Calhern. Based on the novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson, the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory. There she meets a piano student who falls madly in love with her. She must then choose between this man who loves her more than his music, and the violinist who loves his music more than anything else. Rhapsody features music by Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn, and Claude Debussy.

Cast

Production

Rhapsody was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland.

References

  1. "Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "Full cast and crew for Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  3. "Locations for Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

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Films directed by Charles Vidor
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