The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American popular theatre. During his years in exile on Broadway, the composer of Mack the Knife and The Alabama Song, who personified decadent Berlin, found a new life in New York, creating such standards as September Song and Speak Low. Director Barrie Gavin describes the film as "the history of an artist ... struggling to write music which could have real meaning for the society he had just joined." Weill is remembered by the conductor Maurice Abravanel and the actor Burgess Meredith and there are extracts from several of his works.
Cast
Dennis Marks
Narrator
Maurice Abravanel
Guest
Burgess Meredith
Guest
Lys Symonette
Guest
Judy Kaye
Singer
Kevin Angerson
Singer
Franc D'Ambrosio
Singer
Daniele Narducci
Singer
Michael Scarborough
Singer
Julie Cooke
Dancer
Hans Pitsch
Voice, The words of Kurt Weill
Maxwell Anderson
Unknown
Ira Gershwin
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Moss Hart
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Lotte Lenya
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Ogden Nash
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Max Reinhardt
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Elmer Rice
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