Synopsis

Gustav Mahler snatched Alma under the noses of Vienna’s artistic elite, but ten years of marriage and the death of one child have exacerbated the strains caused by the 19 year gap in their ages, and Mahler’s refusal to allow Alma to write music “I need a wife, not a colleague.” While staying at a spa resort, Alma falls in love with Walter Gropius, five years her junior. Tormented, Mahler seeks advice from Sigmund Freud. The encounter of the two giants of music and psychoanalysis is bumpy, temperamental, and not without humor.

Director

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  • Percy Adlon
  • Born in Munich, Germany. He has also worked as an actor and voice actor, and has created 11 works focusing on themes of rural life, music, flamboyance, and opulence. He has won several awards at various film festivals, with his notable work being Bagdad Café.

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  • Felix Adlon
  • Born in Germany in 1967, he is the son of director Percy Adlon and Bagdad Café screenwriter Eleonore Adlon. He studied film at Ithaca College. He co-wrote Salmon Roe (1991) with his father, which won the Best Feature Film Award at the Montreal Film Festival.