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The Transformation of the World Into Music

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This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.

DirectorWerner Herzog
WriterWerner Herzog
ProducersEvelyn Paulmann·Lucki Stipetić

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Cast · Directed by Werner Herzog

NB
Norbert Balatsch
Self
DBDaniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Self
PDPlácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Self
DD
Dieter Dorn
Self
PF
Paul Frey
Self
SF
Sven Friedrich
Self
WHWerner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Self
SJSiegfried Jerusalem
Siegfried Jerusalem
Self
EJEva Johansson
Eva Johansson
Self
WJ
Werner Junold
Self
JLJames Levine
James Levine
Self
WMWaltraud Meier
Waltraud Meier
Self

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