The Yellow Tie
Greatness comes at a cost.
Rating: 8.3 out of 10TMDB(21 votes)
Overview
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
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Box office
Grossed $3.45M worldwide against a $25M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Peter Menzies
Details
- Director
- Writers
- James OliverWriter
- Serge Ioan CelebidachiWriter
- Original title
- Cravata galbenă
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 14, 2025
- Original language
- Romanian
- Budget
- $25M
- Revenue
- $3.4M
- Countries
- Romania
Cast
Ben SchnetzerSergiu Celibidache (young adult)
John MalkovichSergiu Celibidache
Sean BeanDemostene Celibidache
Miranda RichardsonIoana Celibidache
Kate PhillipsIoana Celibidache (young adult)
Anton LesserMartin Steinke
Tamzin MerchantOrtancia
Charlie RoweMiki
Ewan HorrocksSergiu Celibidache (teen)
Olivia PopicaSonia Celibidache
Tiberiu HarsanDaniel
Orlando JamesGinel- Alexandru IsarescuGinel (child)
Brendan HowleyPatrick
Alma BoiangiuIda Haendel
Robert DölleProfessor Tiessen
Guido BroscheitDoctor Piendl
Charles NishikawaMr. Tanaka- Jürgen HeimüllerWilhelm Furtwangler
- Andrei IsărescuSergiu (child)
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