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Release Date:
November 8, 2022
Original Title:
Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz
Alternate Titles:
Music in Nazi Germany - The maestro and the cellist of Auschwitz
Mūzika zem svastikas - Maestro un Aušvicas čelliste
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
3B-Produktion
DW
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
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
Director of Photography:
Sven Jakob-Engelmann
Johannes Imdahl
Editor:
Janine Dauterich
Executive Producer:
Rolf Rische
Tim Klimes
Music:
Marcus Zahn
Producer:
Maria Willer
Bernhard von Hülsen
Writer:
Christian Berger
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