Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

2025

1 hr 26 min

English

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Yo-Yo Ma narrates a documentary about the remarkable cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life and career were cut short by multiple sclerosis.

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PBS, Allegro Films

Keywords

  • musician
  • cellist
  • multiple sclerosis
  • classical musician

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Yo-Yo Ma as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jacqueline du Pré as Self (archive footage)

Zubin Mehta as Self

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Matthew Percival · Director

Christopher Nupen · Director

Peter Heelas · Editor

Caroline Nupen · Executive Producer

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