Das große Finale (1980)

Das große Finale: Directed by Joel Oliansky. With Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker. Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.

“Good drama with great classical music. Not an incisive examination of the cutthroat world of music competition although they do delve into it somewhat. More a drama of a selfish man letting down his defenses and a young girl who learns more than she bargains for when she lets down her guard. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eExcellent performances from the leads with Lee Remick adding her special brand of class but putting an icy edge to it as Amyu0026#39;s teacher. The only rough patch is when the two leads, who are remarkably free of rhythm for supposed musicians, dance to contemporary and quite awful music. Theyu0026#39;re glue-foots. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor classical music lovers this will be a treat.”