Instrumentation
3(II=afl.III=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=Ebcl+bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 4331 - timps - perc(3): 2 susp.cym/SD/BD/tgl/tam-t/t.bells/glsp/cyms/vib/TD/xyl/BD+cym/2 tom-t/sleigh bells/2 military drums/ruthe - pno(=cel) - harp - strings (12.10.8.6.4)
Availability
Full score and parts for hire
Programme Notes
Starring: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel
Director: Fred Niblo Production Company: MGM USA, 1928
Film Print: 35mm B&W print available from Photoplay Productions (Film Speed: 24 frames per second)
Greta Garbo is the femme fatale in this spy romance, set in Vienna just before the First World War. Garbo plays a Russian agent and the mistress of an Austrian spy-master. She tries to save her lover from execution after he is accused of treachery. Carl Davis's superb music evokes the style and spirit of pre-war Vienna, animating Garbo's seductive screen presence.