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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

20056.31h 39m

Overview

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

Directed by Stephen Quay
Written by Alan Passes, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Produced by Hengameh Panahi, Alexander Ris, Keith Griffiths
Box Office0Revenue: $28K

Top Cast

Amira Casar

Amira Casar

Malvina van Stille

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Dr. Emmanuel Droz

Assumpta Serna

Assumpta Serna

Assumpta

César Saratxu

César Saratxu

Adolfo Blin / Don Felisberto Fernandez

L

Ljubisa Gruicic

Holz (gardener)

Marc Bischoff

Marc Bischoff

Marc (gardener)

Henning Peker

Henning Peker

Henning (gardener)

G

Gilles Gavois

Echeverria (gardener)

Thomas Schmieder

Thomas Schmieder

Thomas (gardener)

Regine Zimmermann

Regine Zimmermann

Dresser

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Themes & Keywords

operainventormanagersingermurderclinicweddingmachinecapturedtunerskillsmechanicalconstructsafterworld

About The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes is a romance, fantasy, drama, music film released in 2005 exploring themes of opera, inventor, manager, singer, murder, clinic. Directed by Stephen Quay, it stars Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna. Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

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