The Conductor

• PG
• 140 min
• 2018
• Netherlands
• English/Dutch/German
• Directed by Maria Peters

• Christanne De Bruijn,
• Scott Turner Schofield,
• Benjamin Wainwright

The Dutch, 24 year old Antonia Brico was a child when she and her parents immigrated to the United States. She dreams of becoming a conductor, but nobody takes her ambition seriously. Because she has little to lose, she returns to her motherland, where she begs the famous conductor Mengelberg to teach her conducting lessons. After a two year study at the State Academy of Music she becomes the first woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Emotional strain threatens to overwhelm her, when the love of her life puts her in a difficult position. What choice will Antonia make?

• Biography
• Drama