The Fountain of Arethusa (1936)

The Fountain of Arethusa (1936)

1936-01-01 France 6 Min. PG-13
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Overview

“La Fontaine d'Aréthuse” opens with what has been described as a “shimmering wash of sound in the piano, octave leaps in the left hand passing above and below repeated chords in the right,” a tune which apparently suggests the splashing waters of a fountain. The story “told” by the music involves a naked water goddess on the river shore, who is pursued by a hunter, before disappearing into thin air to join her water once again.

Cast

Sabine Earl is Aréthuse, the nymph
Aréthuse, the nymph
Michel Gevel is Alphée, the hunter
Alphée, the hunter
Jacques Thibaud is Violonist