"Frühlingssinfonie" or "Spring Symphony" is a West German German-language film from 1983. It was written and directed by Peter Schamoni and is among the filmmaker's most known works. The cast includes a couple big names too, such as Nastassja Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer and Rolf Hoppe. This 105-minute movie is one of the defining films of Kinski's (daughter's) career as she won her only German Film award for her portrayal of Clara Wieck here, the partner of famous composer Robert Schumann (played by Grönemeyer). The good thing I can say about Kinski's performance here is that it is possibly the best thing about the film and she is certainly much much better than the limited Grönemeyer. But as the film is nothing special, neither is Kinski's performance and this film award honor may have been a bit too much. I also cannot say that this movie got me curious about Schumann or Wieck and what their lives were like. It felt like a very bleak, sterile film and all the parts when Schamoni tried to make an emotional impact, I must say didn't do a lot for me. So like I already wrote in the title of my review, I felt that this became a pretty forgettable watch. Maybe you need to be a big lover of either classical music, or of Schumann in particular to enjoy the watch here, but I just could not take it seriously in the face of Grönemeyer extremely weak portrayal and choosing the path of music may have been the best thing he could have done. I do not recommend the watch. Thumbs down.
Review of Spring Symphony
