Boris Blacher - 200 000 Taler (DVD) The Kinks where amputees

where amputees

to the great exploitation era of cinema

but by taking elements of just about everything that had gone before and dragging from the resultant soup a coherent blend of something that no one has ever been quite able to put their finger on

digitally remastered from the original 35mm negative

Directors' Commentary

Boris Blacher - 200 000 Taler (DVD) The Kinks where amputeesBoris Blacher was one of the most important and most widely performed composers in post war Germany. In his 1969 opera 200 000 Taler (200 000 Thalers) he adapted a comedy by famed and popular Jewish author Scholom Aleichem and created a sophisticated milieu study around tailor Schimele Soroker and his family who come to great fortune by winning the lottery. This 1970 recording of the world premiere production stars a stunning Martha Mdl as Sorokers