The Flying Dutchman

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📊 Film Specifications

Original Title Der Fliegende Holländer
Release Date January 1, 1989
Runtime 139 min (2h 19m)
Country Finland
Language DE
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Savonlinna Opera Festival • NVC Arts

The Flying Dutchman (1989)

Directed by Ilka Bäkkman
⭐ 3.6 / 5 (2 votes) ⏱️ 139 min 🎬 Music, Romance, Drama

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Synopsis

lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.

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