Maestro

Story

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of a 1960s jungle seaport in tropical Australia and the rich concert halls of wintry Vienna, talented eighteen year old pianist Paul Crabbe moves to an exotic outpost of far Northern Australia. There, he is forced to study under the only piano teacher his father can find – the eccentric, enigmatic Herr Keller, a Viennese refugee with a shadowed past. Living above a dilapidated hotel in the dripping heat of this seaport, Keller is known to the locals as 'Maestro', a broken, elegant drunkard. But who is he? Does he come from a lineage of great European pianists, or is he a fraud?

Director

Catherine Jarvis

Writers

Peter Goldsworthy, Catherine Jarvis

Language

English

Country

Austria, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Release date

26 September 2026

Ensemble

Cast

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  Klaus Maria Brandauer

  Herr Keller

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  Madeleine Madden

  Rosie

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  Frank Dillane

  Paul Crabbe