The Maestro (2018)
Behind every brilliant composer is a brilliant teacher.
After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
- Date of release
- 2018-12-08
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Adam Cushman
Casting
- Xander Berkeley — Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Sarah Clarke — Clara Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Mackenzie Astin — Sam Herst
- William Russ — Abe Herst
- Leo Marks — Jerry Herst
- Jon Polito — Herbert Englehart
Interesting facts
The Maestro is a 2018 American historical drama directed, produced by Adam Cushman and David Phillips and written by C.V. Herst, the real-life son of the film's protagonist Jerry Herst. The film features Xander Berkeley as composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles in the thirties after evading Mussolini's Italy. The Maestro premiered at the Heartland International Film Festival in 2017. The film was acquired for distribution by Freestyle Releasing and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles. The film also features actor Jon Polito as fictional MGM executive Herbert Englehardt in what would be Polito's final performance.
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