The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Sep 9, 2005

1h 39m

★ 6.3

Overview

Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

Genres

Romance

Fantasy

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Koninck Studios

ZDF

Lumen Films

Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion

ARTE France Cinéma

ARTE

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes Trailers

Cast

Malvina van Stille

Amira Casar

Dr. Emmanuel Droz

Gottfried John

Assumpta

Assumpta Serna

Adolfo Blin / Don Felisberto Fernandez

César Saratxu

Holz (gardener)

Ljubisa Gruicic

Marc (gardener)

Marc Bischoff

Henning (gardener)

Henning Peker

Echeverria (gardener)

Gilles Gavois

Thomas (gardener)

Thomas Schmieder

Dresser

Regine Zimmermann

Musician

Emil Petrovics

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