Battiato, Franco	...	(Director)
Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro	...	(Writer)
Sonia Bergamasco	...	Marta
Juri Camisasca	...	Jan Palestein
Michela Cescon	...
Chiara Conti	...
Fabrizio Gifuni	...	Nicola
Alejandro Jodorowsky	...	Ludwig van Beethoven
Valter Malosti	...	Beethoven's Friend
Chiara Muti	...
Antonio Rezza	...	Himself
Lucia Sardo	...
Manlio Sgalambro	...	Narrator

Summary: Italy released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitles), Italian (Subtitles), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SYNOPSIS: Pic's opening third, set in contempo Italy, observes producer Marta (Sonia Bergamasco) researching a TV program about eccentric boffins. One, Jan Palestein (Juri Camisasca), specializes in helping folk "regress" to their past lives. With Palestein's help, Marta discovers she was once an 18th-century German prince (also Bergamasco) who took piano lessons from Beethoven (Jodorowsky). Pic then offers a brisk trot through the maestro's late years, before rejoining Marta in the present, witnessing the establishment of a worldwide government based on spiritual principles. Credibility shattering ending is less interesting than it sounds, but at least the pic's musical perfs sound good, while the period trappings convince. SPECIAL FEATURES: Music Video, Interactive Menu, Deleted Scenes, Cast/Crew Interview(s),