PORTRAITS
The main focus of NIGHTFROG’s work is developing and producing non-fiction television productions. Our team specializes in two areas: art and social responsibility.
All our productions share two goals: in addition to being well-grounded and at the same time exciting content-rich interactions with each topic, they must meet the highest technical and formal standards. We make powerful pictures of fascinating people.
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Wilfried Hiller – THE SOUND OF LUMINARY
A portrait of the composer Wilfried Hiller on his 70th birthday The film profiles Germany’s most-played living composer. With his highly individual, unmistakable tonal language and his many-sided musical compositions, he’s become an archetype of contemporary German music. Starting with his first successful major compositions… [read more]
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GALINA VRACHEVA – MUSIC OF THE MOMENT
Few musicians truly master the art of improvisation—Galina Vracheva is one of the rare ones blessed with the gift. Overflowing with ideas and musicality, she can improvise something to every popular song, every simple melody, but also to any mood, image or emotion. We accompanied… [read more]
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Paulo Coelho – MY LIFE
In a co-production with arte and BR, we accompanied the Paulo Coehlo to Santiago de Compostela, the end of Way of St. James (a famous trail for pilgrims), where the internationally bestselling author began a new life. A beach house on the Copacabana, a windmill… [read more]
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Frank Peter Zimmermann – My Path to BACH
“For me, performing Bach’s music is the greatest thing! To encounter this music, whether on the radio or an instrument, always brings me peace and power,” says Frank Peter Zimmermann. The violinist is one of the greatest of his generation. In this film, “the power… [read more]
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Dragon Songs – Lang Lang in China
When he plays he moves the masses—around the world, and now in China too. Bodyguards protect him on his way from his limo to the concert hall. 38 million piano-playing Chinese children dream of following in his footsteps. He made his way from the province… [read more]
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So What?! – Friedrich Gulda
He was a gifted Mozart and Beethoven interpreter and yet still an enfant terrible of the international art scene: Friedrich Gulda. He died bitter at the lack of understanding that met his attempts to break out of the crusty rituals of the classical music scene…. [read more]
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Hilary Hahn – A Portrait
Music experts have called Hilary Hahn a “talent of the century”-and there is no doubt that she is one of the 21st century`s classical music icons. The young violinist jets from one concert to the next in the metropolises of the world with the professionalism… [read more]
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HĂ©lène Grimaud – A letter to Clara
“A Letter to Clara”: A scenic documentary about the two legendary pianists, HĂ©lène Grimaud and Clara Schumann. The romantic triangle between Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms plays out on location in Bonn and MĂĽnsterland with full historical costumes. Director: Benedict Mirow Author: Elke… [read more]
