The Medium
- Original title
- The Medium
- Year
- 1951
- Running time
- 80 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
- Cinematography
- Enzo Serafin (B&W)
- Producer
- Co-production United States-Italy;
- Genre
- Drama. Musical
- Synopsis
- Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.'
- Awards
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1952: Nominated for Oscar: Best Soundtrack (Musical)1953: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film and Foreign Actress (Powers)1952: Cannes Film Festival: Best Lyrical Film. 2 nominations
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