The Great Mr Handel
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The Great Mr Handel

DirectorNorman Walker

The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen

6.5 / 10
1942
89 min
MusicDrama

This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.

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