Kinski Paganini

Infobox Film
name = Kinski Paganini


caption = A promotional poster for "Kinski Paganini"
director = Klaus Kinski
producer = Augusto Caminito
writer = Klaus Kinski
narrator =
starring = Klaus Kinski
Debora Kinski
Nikolai Kinski
music = Niccolò Paganini
cinematography = Pier Luigi Santi
editing = Klaus Kinski
distributor = Filmverleih Carsten Frank
released = 7 October 1999 (Germany)
runtime = 81 min., Director's Cut: 95 minutes
country = ITA
FRA
language = Italian
budget =
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imdb_id = 0098052

"Kinski Paganini" is a 1989 film based on the life and career of composer and virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini. The movie was written and directed by Klaus Kinski, who also performs the lead role. The film also stars Kinski's young wife (Debora Kinski) and son (Nikolai Kinski) alongside him. Klaus Kinski felt that he and Paganini had led similar lives, and both gave "demonic" performances in their own fields that often sparked great controversy.

Plot

The film is a biopic about the life of Niccolò Paganini, who many consider to be one of the greatest violinists who ever lived [ [http://www.paganini.com/nicolo/nicindex.htm Nicolo ] ] .

Trivia

* Written and Directed by Klaus Kinski, who was also the star, "Kinski Paganini" was his last film.
* In his documentary My Best Fiend, frequent collaborator Werner Herzog says that Kinski asked him multiple times to direct the film, but Herzog refused because he thought the script was "unfilmable". Herzog also says that preparing for his role in "Kinski Paganini" cause the actor to take on an uncomfortable "alien" tone that disrupted his performance in their last film together, Cobra Verde.

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