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Music under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
- Christian Berger
- Germany
- 2022
- 86 min
- English
Why was classical music so important to Nazis? An insight into that is provided by the stories of a Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch who survived Auschwitz and of a star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler who worked with the Nazis. The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor, whereas Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was a cellist of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. The conductor made a pact with Hitler and his henchmen. The young woman, brought to Auschwitz for being Jewish, was spared death for her musical talent.
Film crew
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Director:Christian Berger
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Screenwriter:Christian Berger
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Cinematographer:Johannes Imdahl, Sven Jakob-Engelmann, Paul Georg Busse, Simon Hatchkin, Nikolai Sevke
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Producer:Bernhard von Hülsen, Maria Willer, Frauke Sandig, Tim Klimeš, Rolf Rische
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Composer:Marcus Zahn
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Sound operator:Waldemar Bruch, Andrew Cahill, Karsten Höfer, Robert Sandow, Martin Schleicher
Information
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Theme:History, War
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Film studio:Deutsche Welle / 3B-Produktion
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Language:English
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