Summary:
A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order--and justice--to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing. Orchestra members vouch for Furtwangler's morality--he did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra. To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod; to Major Arnold, he is just a lying, weak-willed Nazi.
| Runtime: | 108 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Canal+ |
| Genres: | Drama, War, Music |
| Countries: | Germany, UK, France, Austria |
| Languages: | English, German, French, Russian |
| Home Release Date: | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| István Szabó | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ronald Harwood | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Armin Rohde | Schlee, Timpanist |
| August Zirner | Captain Ed Martin |
| Birgit Minichmayr | Emmi Straube |
| Daniel White | Sergeant Adams |
| Garrick Hagon | Major Richards |
| Hanns Zischler | Rudolf Otto Werner, Oboist |
| Harvey Keitel | Major Steve Arnold |
| Jed Curtis | Colonel Green |
| Moritz Bleibtreu | Lt. David Wills |
| Oleg Tabakov | Colonel Dymshitz |
| R. Lee Ermey | General Wallace |
| Robin Renucci | Captain Vernay |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Thomas Thieme | Reichsminister |
| Ulrich Tukur | Helmut Alfred Rode, 2nd Violinist |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adam Betteridge | Associate Producer: Great British Films |
| Alex Marshall | Associate Producer |
| David Rogers | Co-Executive Producer |
| Fritz Buttenstedt | Co-Executive Producer |
| Gisela Waetzoldt-Hildebrandt | Associate Producer |
| Jacques Rousseau | Co-Producer |
| Jason Piette | Co-Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Isaacs | Co-Producer |
| Maureen McCabe | Co-Producer |
| Michael Cowan | Co-Executive Producer |
| Michael von Wolkenstein | Co-Producer |
| Michel Nicolini | Supervising Producer |
| Rainer Mockert | Co-Producer |
| Rainer Schaper | Co-Producer |
| Udo Happel | Line Producer |
| Yves Pasquier | Producer |
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