Clara Haskil - THE PERFORMER'S ENIGMA
Directed by Pascal Cling, Prune Jaillet and Pierre-Olivier François
Documentary | 2017| 70 min
Produced by Louise Productions Vevey & Seppia Film
Clara Haskil shied away from media, did no interview, and none of her famous concerts were ever filmed. And yet she gradually succeeded in exerting a unique charisma. Why, and how does this unique woman exude such fascination until today?
How can one define the enigma of the interpreter she so perfectly embodies? This question, which permeates throughout the whole film, allows Clara Haskil to be discovered as a person and an artist and whom Vladimir Horowitz, Pablo Casals, Christian Zacharias or Charlie Chaplin recognized as the "perfect interpreter".
The film tells the story of the incredible fate of pianist Clara Haskil. She was celebrated very early as a prodigy. At the tender age of five, she was sent by her family from Bucharest to Vienna, and later, under the care of her strict uncle, to Paris to continue her studies. She will suffer from chronic health issues, survive two world wars, anti-Semitism, before having to go into exile in Vevey, Switzerland. That’s where she found the proper support, in the early fifties, to begin the career she deserved for so long, world fame and undeniable recognition.
Clara Haskil - The Performer’s Enigma is a film for classical music lovers and connoisseurs as well as for those who want to understand more about the world of classical music. It is indeed one of those films, after which one has the feeling of having a better idea of concerts and symphonies, and to listen to them differently.
A film by : Pascal CLING, Prune JAILLET, Pierre-Olivier FRANCOIS
Camera : Olivier KUNZ, Mathieu PANSARD
Additional camera : Pierre BOURGEOIS
Sound recording : Patrick BLACHE
Additional sound : Jean-Christophe LION
First AD : Constance VON BRAUN
Make-up artist : Virginie HUGO, Viviane LIMA, Shreya PATEL, Stéphanie CRIMINISI, Isabelle MONNEY
Location assistant : Fabien VODOZ
Editing : Prune JAILLET
Sound editing : Eleonara POLATO
Sound mix : Denis SECHAUD
Archives consultant BCU Clara Haskil fund : Verena MONNIER
Music consultants : Antonin SCHERRER, Alain LOMPECH
Archive researcher : Marie CAMDESSUS
Colorgrading : Christophe REYNAUD
Graphics : Lola DUVAL, Thibéry MAILLARD
TV version editing : Anne-Laure WITTMANN
Video technicians : Guillaume BRINGARD, Jonathan DELPEINT
Subtitling : Babelfisch Translations, Berlin
Additional subtitling : Guillaume GROSHAENY
Postproduction assistant : Maxime RAYMOND
Poster design by : Peter SCHOLL
Louise Productions Vevey Sàrl
Producer and production manager : Heinz DILL
Production assistant : Laetitia CERVINI
Accountant : Agnès BAUD GERBER
Seppia Film
Producers : Cédric BONIN, Pascaline GEOFFROY
Production manager : Agnès DIVOUX
Production assistant : Estelle DENIAUD
Development supervisor : Charlotte DUCOS
Post-production coordinator : Céline BURGY
In coproduction with :
RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Unités des films documentaires
Irène CHALLAND & Philippe ZIBUNG
SSR/SRG
Sven WAELTI & Gregory CATELLA
Arte G.E.I.E, Unité culture
Claire ISAMBERT, Nathalie PAULI, Jean WITTERSHEIM & Eva WOCHNER; Production, Heike LETTAU & Caroline KELSH
With the support of :
Fonds de production télévisuelle, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Succès Cinéma, Ville de Vevey, Fonds Culturel Riviera, Casino Barrière, Montreux, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale du Gaz, Avec la participation de Cineforom et le soutien de la Loterie Romande
And the support of :
Fonds de production télévisuelle
Fondation Ernst Göhner
Office Fédéral de la Culture, Succès Cinéma
Ville de Vevey
Fonds Culturel Riviera
Casino Barrière, Montreux
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale du Gaz
Avec la participation de Cineforom et le soutien de la Loterie Romande
Intervenants : Joëlle CAULLIER, Eugène CHAPLIN, Marguerite COLOMBO, Michel DALBERTO, Michael GARADY, Alain LOMPECH, Eliane REYES, Patrick PEIKERT, Christian ZACHARIAS
Clara Haskil's voice over - original version :
Miruna COCA-COZMA
Thanks to :
L'orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (OCL), Sous la direction de Christian ZACHARIAS
Finalistes Du Concours Clara Haskil: Jukyeong JI, Guillaume BELLOM, Benedek HORVÁTH
53èmes Journées de Soleure : saturday January 27th, 2018 / thursday February 1st, 2018
Print media in the French speaking part of Switzerland:
24 Heures | www.24heures.ch | 16.08.2017
Le Régional | www.leregional.ch | 17.08.2017
TV8 | www.tv8.ch | 17.08.2017
La Liberté | www.laliberte.ch |18.08.2017
Télérama | www.telerama.fr | 23.08.2017
20 Minutes | www.20min.ch/ro | 23.08.2017
Le Monde | www.lemonde.fr | 24.08.2017
Radio et Television:
France Musique | www.francemusique.fr |18.08.2017
RTS - téléjournal | www.rts.ch |18.08.2017
Radio Fribourg - C'est que du bonheur | www.radiofr.ch/fribourg | 26.09.2017
Print media in the German speaking part of Switzerland: :
Zeitlupe | April 2018
Der Landbote | March 2018
Basler Zeitung | March 2018
Cineman Filmkritik | 28.08.2018