The Transformation of the World Into Music
This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.
Cast
Norbert Balatsch
Self
Daniel Barenboim
Self
Plácido Domingo
Self
Dieter Dorn
Self
Paul Frey
Self
Sven Friedrich
Self
Werner Herzog
Self
Siegfried Jerusalem
Self
Eva Johansson
Self
Werner Junold
Self
James Levine
Self
Waltraud Meier
Self
Deborah Polaski
Self
Peter Schneider
Self
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Self
Hans Sotin
Self
Henning von Gierke
Self
Wolfgang Wagner
Self
Erich Wonder
Self
Yohji Yamamoto
Self
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Klaus Handstein
Sound Mixer
Martin Manz
Assistant Camera
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Cinematography
Werner Herzog
Writer
Jenny Erpenbeck
Producer's Assistant
Lucki Stipetić
Producer
Henning von Gierke
Costume Design
Rainer Standke
Editor
Ekkehart Baumung
Sound
Evelyn Paulmann
Producer
Werner Herzog
Executive Producer