A Golden Thread (1900-1938) | Part One
This is the story of an architect, Otto Prutscher, of his city, Vienna, and of his children’s books, the collection of a lifetime. A Golden Thread (1900-1938) is divided into two separate yet complementary parts.
Part One illustrates the historical environment in which Otto Prutscher trained as an architect, designer, teacher and collector. Setting out from the MAK, the Museum of Applied Arts, the documentary takes us along the Ring, a broad boulevard stretching right around the heart of Vienna, to discover the places that Otto attended for work or pleasure with his artist friends of the Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte, including the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the city’s Theater Museum.
CREDITS
Storyboard
James M. Bradburne
Production
Ilaria Bollati, Allegra Baggio Corradi
Cinematography and Editing
Gabriele Carbone – LAB Immagine, Dipartimento di Design, Politecnico di Milano
Narrators
Lara Verena Bellenghi, Leonid Rath, Robert Schoisengeier, Erika Freedman, James M. Bradburne, Marie Theres Arnbom
Voiceover
James M. Bradburne
Subtitles
Allegra Baggio Corradi
Web Design & Development
Viva!
Music
Strauss The Beautiful Blue Danube – Orchestralis
Strauss Emperor Waltz – Orchestralis
Strauss Pizzicato Polka – Orchestralis
Strauss Voices of Spring Waltz – Orchestralis
Classical Waltz for Voice and Strings – Orchestralis
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major – Mvt. 3 (Beethoven) – Dover Quartet
Moonlight Sonata – Mvt. 3 (Beethoven) – Brooklyn Classical
Moonlight Sonata – Mvt. 2 (Beethoven) – Brooklyn Classical
Music Copyrights
Envato Elements, Artlist
Image Copyright
Ministero della Cultura, Pinacoteca di Brera e Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, USA National Archive in Washington, D.C., Archivio Federale Tedesco – Deutsches Bundesarchiv, Library of Congress, Bild Archive Austria, Wikipedia.org, Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons
Special thanks to
Gallerie d’Italia e i Musei di Intesa Sanpaolo, Amici di Brera, Fondazione Berti