Bear Island vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Bear Island). Bear Island is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 27m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2014). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bear Island
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Bear Island | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Edda Trandum Grjotheim, Inge Wegge | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | – | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Bear Island
Three brothers wish to surf waves no one has surfed before them. The answer is to go to Bjørnøya, the island next to the better known Spitsbergen. For two months they live on the island, self sufficient in food and equipment.
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man…
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