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Kinski Paganini

Kinski Paganini
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Klaus Kinski
Produced by Augusto Caminito
Written by Klaus Kinski
Starring Klaus Kinski
Debora Kinski
Nikolai Kinski
Music by Niccolò Paganini
Salvatore Accardo
Cinematography Pier Luigi Santi
Edited by Klaus Kinski
Distributed by Filmverleih Carsten Frank
Release date
  • 7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) (Germany)
Running time
81 minutes
Director's Cut: 95 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian

Kinski Paganini, also known simply as Paganini, is a 1989 Italian-French biographical film written, directed by and starring Klaus Kinski. The story is based on the life and career of composer and virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini. It was to be Kinski's final film before his death in 1991.

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.

In his 1999 documentary My Best Fiend, frequent collaborator Werner Herzog explains that Kinski repeatedly asked him to direct the film, but Herzog refused because he thought the script was "unfilmable". Herzog also states that the preparation for his role in Kinski Paganini caused the actor to take on an uncomfortable "alien" air that disrupted Kinski's performance in their last film together, Cobra Verde.

A biopic about the life of Niccolò Paganini, who many consider to be one of the greatest violinists who ever lived.

Since its theatrical run, the film had only been released on DVD and VHS in Germany, but in late 2011, the film was released for the first time in North America on a two disc special edition DVD. The release contained deleted and extended scenes, the Cannes Film Festival interviews for the film, and both the theatrical and director's cut which added another 14 minutes of previously cut footage.


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