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

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

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1h 26m

2022

Synopsis

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.

Director

Christian Berger

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

as Self

Kathrin Ackermann

Kathrin Ackermann

as Self

Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

as Self

Sven Friedrich

as Self

Norman Lebrecht

as Self

Christian Thielemann

Christian Thielemann

as Self

Simon Wallfisch

as Self

Teresa Wontor-Cichy

as Self

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