The Fountain of Arethusa

The Fountain of Arethusa

6 mins | Music, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1936

“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. (IMDb)

The Fountain of Arethusa

6 mins | Music, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1936

The Fountain of Arethusa
“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. (IMDb)
Producers
Original title La fontaine d'Aréthuse
Directors Dimitri Kirsanoff
Writers Emile Vuillermoz

Cast

Sabine Earl

as Aréthuse, the nymph

Michel Gevel

as Alphée, the hunter

Tasso Janopoulo

as Pianist

Jacques Thibaud

as Violonist