Old Wicked Songs

In Old Wicked Songs, a young American pianist travels to Europe to overcome an artistic block that threatens his career. He works with a renowned Viennese musician with a checkered past. Against the backdrop of former Nazi Kurt Waldheim’s campaign for the presidency, old fears are exposed and secrets uncovered. Woven throughout is Robert Schumann’s glorious music, which becomes the catalyst that melts one man’s stubbornness and the other’s denial, creating a warm friendship and a unity of art and compassion.