Meeting Venus

Meeting Venus is a 1991 British–American-Japanese film directed by the Hungarian director István Szabó[2] and starring Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup. The movie was filmed in Budapest, Hungary.

Meeting Venus
Directed by	István Szabó[1]
Produced by	David Puttnam[1][2][3]
Written by	István Szabó Michael Hirst
Starring	Glenn Close Niels Arestrup
Music by	Richard Wagner (non-original)[1][4]
Cinematography	Lajos Koltai
Edited by	Jim Clark
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	UK 27 September 1991, France 18 September 1991, USA 15 November 1991[1]
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United Kingdom, United States, Japan[1]
Language	English
Box office	$2,4 million[5]

Cast

• Glenn Close as Karin Anderson
• Niels Arestrup as Zoltan Szanto
• Marián Labuda as Von Schneider
• Maïté Nahyr as Maria Krawiecki
• Victor Poletti as Stefano Del Sarto
• André Champeau as Etienne Tailleur
• Jay O. Sanders as Stephen Taylor
• Johanna ter Steege as Monique Angelo
• Maria de Medeiros as Yvonne
• Étienne Chicot as Toushkau
• Dorottya Udvaros as Edith
• Macha Méril as Miss Malikoff
• Erland Josephson as Jorge Picabia
• Roberto Pollak as Isaac Partnoi
• François Delaive as Thomas
• Ildikó Bánsági as Jana
• Brigitte Sy as French Customs Officer

Many of the characters in this movie have the same name and family name as director István Szabó, but in different languages. The Hungarian name István in English corresponds with Stephen. Surname Szabó means "tailor"; some persons in the film are: Stephen Taylor (English), Stefan Schneider (German), Stefano Sarto (Italian), Etienne Tailleur (French). There are also Maria Krawiecki (from the Polish word krawiec which means tailor) and Isaac Partnoi (from Russian word портной [portnoy] = tailor").[6]

Voice on singing scenes

The version of Tannhäuser that can be heard in the movie is performed by Kiri Te Kanawa as Elisabeth, René Kollo as Tannhäuser, Håkan Hagegård as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Waltraud Meier as Venus with the London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski.[1][4] The composer David Bedford provided extra orchestrations and music for the film.[4]

References

1. "Meeting Venus (1991)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
2. "Meeting Venus Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
3. "Meeting Venus:Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
4. "Meeting Venus:Original Soundtrack:Amazon.ca". Retrieved 5 September 2009.
5. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5123
6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102428/fullcredits#cast

External links

• Meeting Venus at IMDb
• Meeting Venus at Box Office Mojo