In this film many of the composer's friends and colleagues, including Yehudi Menuhin and Georg Solti, join his sons Peter and Béla Jr to tell the story of these last years of exile. The music is performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ervin Lukacs and Sir Georg Solti, with György Sándor (piano) and Laszló Barsony (viola).
An affecting portrait of a composer, who, they say, rarely smiled and spoke little but - in the words of Georg Solti - had the aura of a holy man. The GuardianA detailed and often revealing portrait of the last five years of the composer's life. The Times
