Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro

An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

Documentary History TV Movie

Birgitta Assheuer

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Peter Csobádi

(Self - Music Journalist)

Oliver Rathkolb

(Self - Historian)

Christa Ludwig

(Self - Opera Singer)

Eleonore Büning

(Self - Music Critic)

Alexandra Gütermann

(Self - Anita von Karajan's Niece)

Lore Salzburger

(Self - Karajan's Secretary)

Werner Resel

(Self - Musician)

Karl Leister

(Self - Musician)

Anne-Sophie Mutter

(Self - Musician)

Peter Brem

(Self - Musician)

Clemens Hellsberg

(Self - Musician)

Joachim Tiburtius

(Self - Politician (voice))

Herbert von Karajan

(Self - Music Conductor (archive footage))

Fritz Kaiser

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Wilhelm Furtwängler

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Joseph Goebbels

(Self - Politician (archive footage))

Winifred Wagner

(Self - Musical Director (archive footage))

Anita von Karajan

(Self - Karajan's 2nd Wife (archive footage))

Eliette von Karajan

(Self - Karajan's 3rd Wife)

Willy Brandt

(Self - Politician (archive footage))

Sabine Meyer

(Self - Musician)