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Once More, with Feeling! is a British film of genre Drama directed by Stanley Donen released in USA on 11 february 1960 with Yul Brynner
Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 february 1960
Length 1h32
Directed by Stanley Donen
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Films based on plays
Rating60%
This article discusses the 1960 film. For other topics of the same name, see Once More with Feeling
Once More, with Feeling! (1960) is a British comedy film directed and produced by Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Harry Kurnitz, based on his play. The film was released by Columbia Pictures and has music by Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Richard Wagner, arranged by Muir Mathieson. The cinematography was by Georges Périnal and the costume design by Givenchy.
The film stars Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall with Gregory Ratoff and Geoffrey Toone.
Synopsis
Egomaniacal and temperamental Victor Fabian is the London Festival Orchestra's conductor. His wife Dolly is a harpist who acts on her husband's behalf, presenting his impossible demands to the symphony's backers, only to then find him dallying with a considerably younger musician. Dolly decides to leave him, whereupon he destroys her harp.Actors
Yul Brynner
(Victor Fabian)
Kay Kendall
(Dolly Fabian)
Gregory Ratoff
(Maxwell Archer)
Geoffrey Toone
(Dr. Richard Hilliard)
Mervyn Johns
(Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.)
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