The Violinist

A conservative Texas state senator reconsiders his anti-abortion views after being forcibly surgically connected to a woman whom he must keep alive with his own body for nine months.

The Violinist

An old violinist immerses herself in memories when she finds a score she composed during her youth in Edinburgh.

And the Violins Stopped Playing

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC

Nicola Benedetti introduces performances by celebrated violinists including Nathan Milstein, Mischa Elman, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman and Nigel Kennedy.

The Hypnotic Violinist

Dr. Crampton and his wife are dining in a fashionable restaurant, where a gypsy orchestra under the leadership of Zigo, the famous hypnotic violinist, are playing. Struck by her beauty, a desire to possess her overwhelms

The Violinmaker

The Island of 1000 Violins

This film explores the remarkable Taiwanese love affair with Western classical music. For a relatively small island, Taiwan today boasts an extraordinary amount of musical talent. Not content with slavishly following the

The Cleveland Orchestra Violins of Hope Concert

Played before and during the Holocaust, the Violins of Hope instruments have been painstakingly restored by Amnon Weinstein, a second-generation violin-maker, and serve as testaments to the resilience of the human spirit

Violins at the Ball

In this WW II drama based on an autobiographical story by director Michel Drach, a Jewish boy and his family living in Nazi occupied France, attempt to escape the cruel invaders. Later the boy grows up to become a filmma

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust, narrated by Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody, is a documentary featuring Israeli violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and his efforts to restore violins recovered from the Holocaust. So

The Violinmaker

A stringed instrument workshop in Gyeongju. Dong-joon is a man who has dedicated his entire life to the violin. He has suffered from hearing loss since the age of one, and without a hearing aid he cannot even hear the so

Great Violinists on The Bell Telephone Hour

Legendary violinists of the 20th century, including performances by Isaac Stern, Zino Francescatti, Michael Rabin, Mischa Elman, Erica Morini, Yehudi Menuhin, David & Igor Oistrakh, and Ruggiero Ricci. Bonus selections b

The Cleveland Orchestra Violins of Hope Concert

Playing instruments recovered and restored from the Holocaust, the orchestra and director Franz Welser-Most reawakened the spirits of that tragedy's millions of victims in the most eloquent fashion possible, through musi

Three Rogues and the Violinist

Another story about the all-conquering power of art. In the city there lived a boy who learned to play the violin. He was very talented. And at concerts after his performances, the audience stood up and applauded him. An

Le silence des violons

18-year-old Hafsa is at an age when anything is possible. When life and life's choices are open to you. Her grandfather, her mentor, an outstanding musician, is living out his last days, stunned by death. Lhaj Allal want

Bohemian Rapture

The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entirely like a haunting dream, in the mind of a feverish artist who remembers how he amazed Paganini himself with his playing

Janko the Musician

A talented violin-playing country boy struggles to get acceptance for his love for music.

The Cat and the Fiddle

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

The Quest for Tonewood

Gaspar, a luthier, wants to make a violin from the wood of a tree so rare that it may or may not exist anymore.