Handel's Last Chance (1996)

Genres - Biography, Drama, Family  |   Sub-Genres - Biographical Film  |   Release Date - Jan 1, 1996  |   Run Time - 51 min.  |  
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Handel's Last Chance is a 1996 television film created by David Devine and Richard Mozer for HBO Original Films of New York and directed by Milan Cheylov.

A Canadian-Slovakian co-production, it stars Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, and Seana McKenna.

It follows the fictional background of the premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah in 1742, where a Dublin street boy aids the composer with his singing talent, and the composer in turn changes the boy's life by bringing out his conscience and self-confidence.

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Boy, Coming Of Age/Teen, George Frideric Handel

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Narrative Location: Dublin

Alternate Titles

Händel utolsó esélye
HU