DECEPTION (1946) - Rehearsal of Hollenius' Cello Concerto

Here is one of my favorite scenes from DECEPTION (1946), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains and Paul Henreid and directed by Irving Rapper. For this rehearsal scene, film composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold cleverly created the flautist's mistake actually in the score of the cello concerto, allowing the scripted confrontation between Karel Novak (Paul Henreid) and Alexander Hollenius (Claude Rains). This concerto was later published in an expanded form as Korngold's Cello Concerto Op. 37.

This clip is only a sample. If you wish to watch the whole movie, please be good enough to watch it on television or borrow, rent or buy it on VHS or DVD!

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[PeterAndres18]

terminalvelocity06, the piece that's playing in the background after this scene is the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Carlos Kleiber conducted a perfect performance of this piece with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which is available on CD.

[BarnabasFrid]

3:50 Proof that Claude is utter perfection...

[terminalvelocity06]

does anyone know the name of the piece playing in the background right after this scene when Claude Rains is threatening Bette Davis?

[Jacobitess]

I love this kind of background information, especially concerning fields of which I know nothing. Thank you! Now if only I could find this in Poland :)