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Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Nathaniel Kahn released in USA on 11 august 2006

Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (2006)

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Released in USA 11 august 2006
Length 17minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating63% 3.167223.167223.167223.167223.16722

Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story is a 2006 American short documentary film directed by Nathaniel Kahn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

It tells the story of the pianist Leon Fleisher. Due to an injury, he lost the use of his right hand for some time, and performed using only his left hand. After years, he regained the use of his right hand and resumed two-hand performances.



^ "NY Times: Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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