Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0. |
Cast |
Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Hanns Zischler, Armin Rohde, Augush Zirner, Thomas Thieme, Oleg Tabakov. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Lajos Koltai ; editor, Sylvie Landra ; costume designer, Györgyi Szakács ; production designer, Ken Adams. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
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Based upon the play by Ronald Harwood. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtwängler chose to stay. Though never a member of the party, he was a recipient of honors associated with party membership. However, the conductor often used his position and contacts to save hundreds of Jewish musicians from concentration camps. When U.S. Major Steve Arnold is tasked with the pre-trial investigations, his aim is to prove that the conductor's genius contributed to the Nazi propaganda, while Furtwängler insisted he stayed to bring comfort to the German people with his music. |
Subject |
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954 -- Drama.
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Conductors (Music) -- Germany -- Drama.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama.
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War crime trials -- Germany -- Planning -- Drama.
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Genre |
Foreign films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Szabó, István, 1938-
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Pasquier, Yves.
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Harwood, Ronald, 1934-
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Keitel, Harvey.
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Skarsgård, Stellan.
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Bleibtreu, Moritz, 1971-
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Minichmayr, Birgit.
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Tukur, Ulrich, 1957-
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Zischler, Hanns, 1947-
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Rohde, Armin.
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Zirner, August, 1959-
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Thieme, Thomas, 1949-
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Koltai, Lajos.
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Landra, Sylvie.
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Szakács, Györgyi.
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Adams, Ken, 1921-
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MBP (Firm)
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Maecenas Film (Firm)
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Paladin Production (Firm)
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Studio Babelsberg.
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Little Big Bear Filmproduktion.
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Jeremy Isaacs Productions (Firm)
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France 2 cinéma (Firm)
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Studio Canal+.
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Der Fall Furtwängler |
ISBN |
1567303439 : $19.99 |
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9781567303438 |
Standard No. |
717119880446 |
Music # |
DVD88004 New Yorker Video |
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