Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment and Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler are tied on audience score (10/10). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 27m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | United States of America |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
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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