🎬 Documentary

Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz

2022 1h 26m Dir. Christian Berger

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The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich - albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for the classical German music.

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Year
2022
Runtime
1h 26m
Genre
Documentary
Language
DE

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Christian Berger 👤 Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 👤 Kathrin Ackermann 👤 Daniel Barenboim

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Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz has a runtime of 1h 26m (1 hour and 26 minutes).
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz was directed by Christian Berger and released in 2022.
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz is a Documentary film (2022).
The cast of Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz includes Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Kathrin Ackermann, Daniel Barenboim, Sven Friedrich, Norman Lebrecht.

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