Karajan - Or Beauty As I See It

A 2008 Documentary Film by Robert Dornhelm. Audio in English and German, with English subtitles.

A definitive documentary about legendary conductor Herbert Von Karajan to mark 100 years since his birth. The film uncovers Karajan's true personal essence of the unique artist behind the public figure, a portrait of a man who was full of contradictions and remained a mystery until his death.

A masterpiece - a classic - the gold standard by which all film biographies of musicians will be measured in future. It's editorially balanced, showing Karajan's faults as well as his strengths. It is a must, not only for Karajan lovers, but for anyone who loves symphonic music.

Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm has mined the archives of Unitel, for more than two decades the great conductor's production home, for previously unreleased material including rehearsal footage, and interviews with members of the Karajan family, plus such music world luminaries and colleagues as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Seiji Ozawa, Christian Thielemann, René Kollo, Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gundula Janowitz,Sir Simon Rattle, Mariss Jansons, Joachim Kaiser and Helmut Schmidt.