| The Unanswered Ives | |
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| Also known as | The Unanswered Ives - American Pioneer of Music |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Anne-Kathrin Peitz |
| Developed by | Accentus Music/WDR |
| Written by | Anne-Kathrin Peitz |
| Directed by | Anne-Kathrin Peitz |
| Creative director | Anne-Kathrin Peitz |
| Presented by | Arte |
| Starring | John Adams Jack Cooper James Sinclair Jan Swafford |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original languages | English German |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Paul Smaczny |
| Producer | Maria Stodtmeier |
| Production locations | Berlin, Germany Leipzig, Germany New York, N.Y. Danbury, Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut |
| Cinematography | Mitja Hagelüken |
| Editor | Dirk Seliger |
| Camera setup | Ulf Wogenstein, Christoph Wonneberger (sound) |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production companies | Accentus Music GmbH Arte [de/fr] WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk [de] Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung |
| Original release | |
| Network | WDR, Arte |
| Release | September 22, 2019 |
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The Unanswered Ives is an hour-long documentary about the life and musical career of the American composer Charles Ives.[1] Written and directed by German film maker Anne-Kathrin Peitz, the documentary features Ives' early years in Danbury, CT, his musical relationship with his father, education at Yale and later career as insurance executive and composer. The documentary was commissioned by and produced for Arte and WDR television for broadcast and later distributed as part of a double DVD set. Notably, the production received the Czech Crystal – “Documentary Programmes Dedicated to Music, Dance and Theatre” at the Golden Prague International Television Festival.[2]