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Plot

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Cast

Geoffrey Rush as David as an adult
Geoffrey Rush

as David as an adult

Noah Taylor as David as an adolescent
Noah Taylor

as David as an adolescent

Lynn Redgrave as Gillian
Lynn Redgrave

as Gillian

Googie Withers as Katharine Susannah Prichard
Googie Withers

as Katharine Susannah Prichard

Sonia Todd as Sylvia
Sonia Todd

as Sylvia

Nicholas Bell as Ben Rosen
Nicholas Bell

as Ben Rosen

John Gielgud as Cecil Parkes
John Gielgud

as Cecil Parkes

Justin Braine as Tony
Justin Braine

as Tony

Chris Haywood as Sam

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 15, 1996

Production Companies

  • Fine Line Features

  • Film Victoria

  • South Australian Feature Film Company

  • Australian Film Finance Corporation

Production Countries

  • Australia

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $5,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $35,892,330.00

Runtime

  • 1.75 hrs

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**Perhaps one of the most striking films in the work of Geoffrey Rush, and one of the toughest and most sincere portrayals of brilliance that cinema has seen to date.** Even though I'm a pretty serious music lover, and I've always loved classical music, I didn't know David Helfgott until I saw this film. The musical universe is full of prodigies who reveal talent since childhood. Mozart is per…