Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
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Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices | |
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The skeleton of Gesualdo's wife or lover |
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Directed by | Werner Herzog |
Produced by | Lucki Stipetic |
Written by | Werner Herzog |
Cinematography | Peter Zeitlinger |
Editing by | Rainer Standke |
Release date(s) | 1995 |
Running time | 59 minutes |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (German: Tod für fünf Stimmen) is a 1995 film by German director Werner Herzog filmed for ZDF television. The film explores the music of Carlo Gesualdo and the legends surrounding Gesualdo's personality, his cursed castle, and his murder of his wife and her lover.