Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler vs The Salt of the Earth

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.1/10 for The Salt of the Earth). Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 50m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2014). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler posterJascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler2011 VS The Salt of the Earth posterThe Salt of the Earth2014
Jascha Heifetz: God's FiddlerThe Salt of the Earth
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 8.1/10
Year20112014
Length1h 27m1h 50m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorPeter RosenJuliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Main castItzhak Perlman, Jascha HeifetzSebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier, Lélia Wanick Salgado

Synopsis

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…

The Salt of the Earth

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty…

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