Cranko

As part of this year’s Rhine-Main Dance Festival, we are delighted to co-operate
with the Murnau-Filmtheater in Wiesbaden.

Stuttgart 1960 – when choreographer John Cranko lands by plane, he has no idea that this moment will change his life. He is to guest choreograph at the Stuttgart Ballet. In London, where he had to endure numerous humiliations, including a ban on working, because of his homosexuality, nothing could hold him back. In the tranquil city, John Cranko recovers from his humiliating experiences and nobody seems to be bothered by his unconventional lifestyle. After a short time, he becomes ballet director, the darling of the audience, devotes himself to his art and an intoxicating lifestyle, has affairs, suffers private setbacks and deep crises, runs his office in the theater canteen and refers to his company as ‘his children’. The rapid and steep rise to the top of the world, the “Stuttgart Ballet Miracle”, made John Cranko a superstar of his time. Driven by an obsession and passion for his work, John Cranko is always in search of perfection.

Direction: Joachim Lang, DE 2024, 133 min, German original version, FSK: 12+, with Sam Riley, Lucas Gregorowicz, Hanns Zischler

Press

„This is cinema worth seeing, emotionally gripping, stirring, enchanting in its images, but never romanticizing. And above all, Sam Riley is enthroned with perhaps the best performance of his career.“ (programmkino.de)

 

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Credits Photos: Philip Sichler

Currently there are no upcoming performances of this Program.

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