The Unanswered Ives

The Unanswered Ives
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Also known asThe Unanswered Ives - American Pioneer of Music
GenreDocumentary
Created byAnne-Kathrin Peitz
Developed byAccentus Music/WDR
Written byAnne-Kathrin Peitz
Directed byAnne-Kathrin Peitz
Creative directorAnne-Kathrin Peitz
Presented byArte
StarringJohn Adams
Jack Cooper
James Sinclair
Jan Swafford
Country of originGermany
Original languagesEnglish
German
Production
Executive producerPaul Smaczny
ProducerMaria Stodtmeier
Production locationsBerlin, Germany
Leipzig, Germany
New York, N.Y.
Danbury, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
CinematographyMitja Hagelüken
EditorDirk Seliger
Camera setupUlf Wogenstein, Christoph Wonneberger (sound)
Running time54 minutes
Production companiesAccentus Music GmbH
Arte [de/fr]
WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk [de]
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Original release
NetworkWDR, Arte
ReleaseSeptember 22, 2019 (2019-09-22)
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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]

  1. ^ List of prize winners for 2019 Golden Prague Film Festival
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GOLDENPRAGUE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).