Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most successful conductor in the history of classical music. Many of those recordings - of Italian opera, of Wagner and Richard Strauss, of Sibelius, Beethoven and Brahms - are treasured by music lovers around the world. Yet, even at the peak of his fame, his performances were variously criticised for being too opulent, too manicured, lacking warmth or spiritual depth. This musical profile explores the many paradoxes in the life and music of this controversial figure, who forged his international reputation in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra shortly after the end of the Second World War and went on to reign supreme in the classical music world during his three decades with the Berlin Philharmonic. The film also examines Karajan's belief in the visual power of music, and his determination to leave behind a substantial legacy of music on film. Karajan was famous not only for his music, but also his glittering off-duty moments on the ski slopes, piloting his own jet, sailing his yacht and driving top-of-the-range fast cars. Yet, at the same time, he was a solitary man with few friends, who drew his strength from long walks in the Austrian mountains. In this feature-length profile, the first ever made about Karajan for BBC Television, those who worked closely with Karajan, including singers Placido Domingo and Jessye Norman, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sir Neville Marriner and flautist Sir James Galway, speak of his almost magical power as a conductor and the reality that lay behind the Karajan myth.

得知古典音乐指挥大师卡拉扬要来上海演出，向来跟风的大龙（郑大圣 饰）、芳芳（陈忆 饰）、小欢（姚二嘎 饰）和阿亮（桑伟 饰）心喜若狂，四处托人搞门票，结果无功而返。眼看音乐会临近，他们想出一个近乎疯狂的主意：绑架卡拉扬。在大龙的策划下，他们自制行动时使用的烟雾弹，不料弄错配方，洋相百出，邻人叫苦不迭。一对警察夫妇因看房敲门，四人张慌失措，以为行动败露，人人冒出一身冷汗。惊魂稍定，他们决心按计划行事，四人做了分工，大龙全权指挥，芳芳冒充献花的礼仪小姐，阿亮冒充记者，而小欢则负责上传下达。音乐会如期举办，四人刚到现场就傻了眼......

This new documentary from Oscar-nominated director Robert Dornhelm is the most ambitious attempt yet to illuminate the life and art of legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan.

这部由获得奥斯卡提名的导演罗伯特·多恩海姆（Robert Dornhelm）执导的新纪录片，是迄今为止为展现传奇指挥家赫伯特·冯·卡拉扬（Herbert von Karajan）的生平与艺术成就而做出的最具雄心的尝试。

2008年卡拉扬诞辰百年时，德国推出的一系列纪录片之一，重点落在卡拉扬和其身后最重要的遗产——影像作品的关系。卡拉扬从五十年代对影像的忽视，一直到去日本巡演，NHK对柏林爱乐乐团音乐会的系列音乐会节目造成的巨大影响第一次令卡拉扬意识到新媒体对艺术家和音乐至关重要的关系，从此义无反顾地投身其中。经过和电影大师克鲁佐以及导演尼贝尔林苦乐参半、充满争吵的合作后，卡拉扬真正掌握了摄影机的艺术，他留下的一流音乐录影是二十世纪任何一位指挥都难以望其项背的。

为纪念卡拉扬逝世十周年而拍摄的纪录影片，由奥地利电视导演Gernot Friedel执导，获卡拉扬基金会支持。

拍摄于1987年萨尔茨堡音乐节，贴身跟拍了晚年卡拉扬在音乐节内排练、演出、试听艺术家、编辑母带等丰富内容。整个纪录片在大师指挥瓦格纳《爱之死》（杰西·诺曼）中推到高潮。

Herbert von Karajan famously professed, "Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low." A swirling mélange of previously unreleased footage and private recordings, Eric Schulz’s vibrant documentary applauds the brilliant orchestra conductor’s swashbuckling private life and creative ambition, delves into his exacting creative process, and questions what his legacy might ultimately be. For fans and novices alike, the excerpts from private recordings of phone calls between the maestro and his sound engineer Guenter Hermanns, exclusively analyzed for Schulz’s fillm, provide fascinating insight into Karajan’s working method and inimitable style.

KTV如今已经成为都市人夜生活不可分割的一部分，每个人在K歌时都感觉自己变成了明星，在享受唱歌的快乐之际，我们是否想过，这样充满魔力的机器究竟是怎样产生的呢？KTV刚刚传入中国时，人们都叫它卡拉OK，那时的卡拉OK音质不好，画面简陋，却成为了一代人心灵的慰藉。本片将带领大家从卡拉OK诞生到现在遍布全球，一点一点揭开这个充满魔力机器的秘密。