VeteranLight
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
Curt
Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
TheLittleSongbird
Anybody fascinated by Robert and Clara Schumann's story, who loves Schumann's songs and who loves Katharine Hepburn will find good reason to see and at least moderately like Song of Love. Song of Love is not a great film but it is a decent one. It is hurt by some pedestrian pacing, stilted dialogue and that Robert Schumann's gradual descent into insanity could have been explored in much more depth(it did feel rather shallow, maybe a little less on Brahms, whose subplot takes too much time to develop and evolve, might have helped a little). Song of Love looks very beautiful however, and is directed with great class and taste. The music is just glorious as well, a healthy dose of Schumann, Brahms and Liszt and performed beautifully. While the insanity angle could have been explored much more, the story is still quite interesting and moving if somewhat shallow at times. And the performances were fine, Katharine Hepburn fared best in the acting department, charming and sympathetic as well as with a commanding and arch side too. Paul Henreid's role as Robert was the most difficult, and he carries it with dignity and later on austerity. Robert Walker looks eerily like Brahms and he is nuanced, good-natured and sympathetic as him. Henry Daniell is very neurotic and virtuosic as Liszt, Elsa Jensson is amusing and Leo G. Carroll is very effective at being an over-bearing and disapproving father figure. In conclusion, not great but interesting and worth watching. For a history lesson look elsewhere, for a decent way to spend 2 hours judging Song of Love as a film stick with it. 6/10 Bethany Cox
jferraira-1
Regardless of what one thinks of the film itself, it's truly remarkable how Kate Hepburn worked at "fingersinking" the piano. It may be the best job of visual piano playing in all film and Artur Rubinstein, who supplied most of the piano soundtrack (uncredited), said that Hepburn looked as if she were a born pianist. However, sorry to disappoint all those Henry Daniell fans, but in the party scene, where Liszt plays the Miphisto Waltz and Widmung, the pianist was actually the legendary and mysterious Ervin Nyiregyhazi. Notice that in closeups, only Daniell's face and upper body are seen, head-on. But seen from afar in full body shots, and in closeups of Liszt's hands playing the keyboard, it's Nyiregyhazi, who was chosen because he looked much like Daniell and had long,slender fingers like Liszt. Nyiregyhazi's hands were also used for those of Chopin in Song to Remember, while Jose Iturbi played on the soundtrack.
princesshm27
This is a brilliant movie for someone with taste in Real Music. The direction is awesome. The sets are great. Its based on a true story bout a composer who struggles all his life to get some achievement with his compositions & finds that in his loving wife who is a popular artist. The music played through the scenes are awesome esp those played by the STUDENT of the great composer himself who finds his way into the home & hearts of the Schumann's Family. A remarkable story about a woman & a man,a woman with many admirers, an artist & a composer, family issues, moralities & career struggles from the Stage to the kitchen! Great performance by all the great actors.
edwagreen
Beautiful music is the highlight of this nice 1947 film dealing with the lives of Robert and Clara Schumann.Katharine Hepburn gives a restrained, but compelling performance as Clara, the woman who gave up a promising career to marry Schumann and subsequently have 7 children with him. The early scenes are comic viewing Hepburn as a mother of 7 attempting to rear the children. I thought I'd see the famous cooking scene repeated in Hepburn's 1942 film- "Woman of the Year."Paul Henried is in fine form as the brilliant music professor who was plagued with mental problems. In comes Robert Walker as Johannes Brahms. He has come to study with Schumann and moves in with the family. His love for Clara shall eventually drive him away only for him to come back to her several years after Schumann's death.There is an interesting performance by Leo G. Carroll as Clara's domineering father. There is a court scene as Carroll objects to his daughter marrying Robert. What would Womens Lib think about this?
