Product Details

• Actors: Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake
• Directors: David Alden
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: English, German
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000P6R70K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,142 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #85 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Vocal & Song
• For more information about "Franz Schubert - Winterreise / Over the Top with Franz" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Winterreise: A unique dramatisation of Schubert s terrifying and deeply-moving portrayal of human desolation. Studio sets, actors, costumes and props lend the song cycle a new close-up dynamism, extend its interpretative possibilities and uncover fresh allusion and meaning.

Performed by Ian Bostridge, tenor; Julius Drake, pianist;
Designer Ian MacNeil
Executive Producer Peter West
Producer Gordon Baskerville
Director David Alden

Over The Top With Franz illuminates the difficulties of bringing Winterreise to the screen. Focusing on the developing relationships of the artists, from first rehearsal to final day of filming, this is a rare and humorous insight into the collaborative process.

Extracts staged by David Alden
Producer Gordon Baskerville
Director Peter West

WINTERREISE
Song Cycle by Franz Schubert to Poems by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)
Chapter 1: Gute Nacht / Good Night
Chapter 2: Die Wetterfahne / The Weather Vane
Chapter 3: Gefrorne Tränen / Frozen Tears
Chapter 4: Erstarrung / Turned to Ice
Chapter 5: Der Lindenbaum / The Linden Tree
Chapter 6: Wasserflut / Flood
Chapter 7: Auf dem Flusse / On the River
Chapter 8: Rückblick / Looking Back
Chapter 9: Irrlicht / Will-o -the-Wisp
Chapter 10: Rast / Rest
Chapter 11: Frühlingstraum / Dream of Spring
Chapter 12: Einsamkeit / Loneliness
Chapter 13: Die Post / The Post
Chapter 14: Der greise Kopf / The Hoary Head
Chapter 15: Die Krähe / The Crow
Chapter 16: Letzte Hoffnung / Last Hope
Chapter 17: Im Dorfe / In the Village
Chapter 18: Der stürmische Morgen / The Stormy Morning
Chapter 19: Täuschung / Deception
Chapter 20: Der Wegweiser / The Signpost
Chapter 21: Das Wirtshaus / The Inn
Chapter 22: Mut! / Courage!
Chapter 23: Die Nebensonnen / The Mock Suns
Chapter 24: Der Leiermann / The Hurdy-gurdy Man

OVER THE TOP WITH FRANZ

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Meeting David
Chapter 3: The Hospital
Chapter 4: Gothic Horror
Chapter 5: The Schubertiad
Chapter 6: The Set
Chapter 7: Props
Chapter 8: Ghost People
Chapter 9: The White Void
Chapter 10: Returning.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Performace, April 17, 2011

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Mark (Onalaska, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Franz Schubert - Winterreise / Over the Top with Franz (DVD)

This video was done very well and the performance of Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake were amazingly wonderful. The format was certainly ahead of it's time, sparing the viewer another boring recital rendition. I give it "A" for connecting the viewer with the music, but there is always room for improvement. I would like to see an even more contemporary music-video performance of the Winterreise cycle.

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, April 4, 2009

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Zarathustra (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Franz Schubert - Winterreise / Over the Top with Franz (DVD)

Franz Schubert - Winterreise / Over the Top with Franz Schubert completed the song cycle Winterreise, based on songs by Wilhelm Muller, in October of 1827 at the age of 30, one year before his death. He was to complete his Ninth Symphony (D 944) in his last year, as well as the String Quintet in C major (D 956) and the sad and lovely last three piano sonatas (D 958, 959 and 960).
Schubert was a sick man when he composed Winterreise: this is composition by a man who knew he did not have long to live. This riveting and unconventional DVD with Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake performing and directed by David Alden gives a vivid interpretation of Schubert's state of mind during his last year. Highly recommended.
Despite his short lifetime, Schubert composed over 600 lieder. This song cycle and his last three piano sonatas are my favorites.
Just one note of caution: the English translation on this DVD gives Lindenbaum as Oak Tree. The Lindenbaum is a large flowering deciduous tree of the genus Tilia famous in German poetry and song. The grandest boulevard in Berlin is named Unter den Linden. The most common translations of Lindenbaum are Linden Tree or (mostly in England) Lime Tree.