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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

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Synopsis

On the eve of her wedding, the beautiful opera singer Malvina is mysteriously killed and abducted by a malevolent Dr Droz. Felisberto, an innocent piano tuner, is summoned to Droz's secluded villa to service his strange musical automatons. Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor's plans to stage a 'diabolical opera' and of Malvina's fate. He secretly conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of Droz's perverse universe.

Details

Year
2006
Type of film
Features
Running Time
98 mins
Format
35mm Scope
Director
Brothers Quay
Producer
Terry Gilliam
Executive Producer
Terry Gilliam
Editor
Simon Laurie
Screenwriter
Brothers Quay, Alan Passes
Director of Photography
Nic Knowland BSC
Sound
Larry Sider
Music
Trevor Duncan, Christopher Slaski
Principal Cast
Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, Cesar Sarachu

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 27th January 2006

Production Company

Koninck Studios PTE
Mediopolis Film - und Fernsehproduktion
Lumen Films

KoninckStudios PTE Ltd,
19–20 Rheidol Mews
Rheidol Terrace
London N1 8NU
UK

T+44 (0)20 7288 8422
F+44 (0)20 7359 1151

griff@illuminationsfilms.co.uk

Sales
Company

Celluloid Dreams
2, rue de Turgot
75009 Paris, France

T +33 (0)1 49 70 03 70
F+33 (0)1 49 70 03 71

info@celluoid-dreams.com
http://www.celluloid-dreams.com