Overture (1958 film)

Overture (Italian: Oeuverture) is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[1][2] The film depicts the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations, set against the music of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]

Overture
Directed byGian Luigi Polidoro
Produced byThorold Dickinson
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageItalian

References
  1. "NY Times: Overture". NY Times. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  2. "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. "Overture". National Film Board of Canada collections page. 1958. Retrieved 3 July 2009.


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