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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

0.0 60 mins Documentary   1992
Director(s): Barrie Gavin

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.

Casts of I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

Dennis Marks

as Narrator

Burgess Meredith

as Guest

Lys Symonette

as Guest

Judy Kaye

as Singer

Kevin Angerson

as Singer

Franc D'Ambrosio

as Singer

Daniele Narducci

as Singer

Julie Cooke

as Dancer

Hans Pitsch

as Voice, The words of Kurt Weill

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