| Description |
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Performer |
Leo Goeke (Gandhi I) ; Ralf Harster (Gandhi II) ; Helmut Danninger (Gandhi III) ; Inga Nielsen (Schlesen) ; Georg Greiwe (Tolstoy, Tagore) ; Elke Estlinbaum (Kasturbai) ; Wolfgang Probst (Kallenbach I) ; Kimmo Lappalainen (Kallenbach II) ; Daniel Bonilla (Parsi Rustomji) ; Melinda Liebermann (Naidoo) ; Helga Merkl-Freivogel (Mrs. Alexander) ; Karl-Friedrich Dürr (Krishna) ; Helmut Holzapfel (Arjuna) ; supporting artists ; Dennis Russell Davis, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director, Hugo Käch ; scenario, producer, Achim Freyer ; music, Philip Glass ; libretto by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong. |
| Note |
Based on an original scenario by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong. |
| Event |
Recorded live at the Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart, Grosses Haus. |
| Note |
Originally produced for television in 1983 by ZDF/RM Arts. |
| Summary |
This visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a political revolutionary tool to fight oppression, connecting his lifework to three historical figures who advanced his philosophy: the celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Contents |
Act 1. Tolstoy -- Act 2. Tagore -- Act 3. Martin Luther King. |
| Language |
In Sanskrit with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Drama.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Drama.
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Drama.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Drama.
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Operas -- Television adaptations.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. (OCoLC)fst00033822
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (OCoLC)fst00040023
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941. (OCoLC)fst00052355
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. (OCoLC)fst00037938
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed operas.
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Televised operas.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Filmed operas. (OCoLC)fst01726270
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Televised operas. (OCoLC)fst01726269
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Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
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| Added Author |
Käch, Hugo. Director.
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Freyer, Achim, 1934- Scenarist. Producer.
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DeJong, Constance. Librettist.
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Goeke, Leo. Performer.
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Harster, Ralf. Performer.
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Danninger, Helmut. Performer.
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Nielsen, Inga, 1946-2008. Performer.
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Greiwe, Georg. Performer.
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Estlinbaum, Elke. Performer.
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Probst, Wolfgang. Performer.
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Lappalainen, Kimmo. Performer.
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Bonilla, Daniel. Performer.
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Liebermann, Melinda. Performer.
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Merkl-Freivogel, Helga. Performer.
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Dürr, Karl-Friedrich, 1949- Performer.
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Holzapfel, Helmut. Performer.
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Davies, Dennis Russell. Conductor.
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Glass, Philip.
Satyagraha.
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Staatsoper Stuttgart.
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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RM Arts (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
014381924626 |
| Music No. |
ID9246RADVD Image Entertainment |
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