Orchestra of Exiles

Name: Orchestra of Exiles
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 26, 2012
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 58

2012

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First Run Features | Release Date: October 26, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: In the early 1930’s Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini andIn the early 1930’s Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved close to 1000 Jews - along with the musical heritage of Europe. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Josh Aronson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Nick Pinkerton

Oct 23, 2012

Although the movie is overreliant on chintzy-looking and rather corny historical reenactments, these are counterbalanced by anecdote-rich interviews, including descendants of Huberman's first orchestra, human testament to the family tree of Israeli musicianship that he planted. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Oct 23, 2012

Its episodic nature poses a narrative challenge that director Josh Aronson's just barely feature-length documentary can't quite surmount. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Oct 25, 2012

Orchestra of Exiles aspires to a level of primary research that other historical documentaries could take a page from. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Oct 23, 2012

Despite lively commentaries by a pantheon of master musicians and magnificently performed classical pieces, "Exiles" only distantly echoes Huberman's visionary adventure. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Oct 25, 2012

Toscanini plays a role in the tale, as does Einstein and a young Zubin Mehta. If director Josh Aronson tries to follow a few too many strands of the story, it's only because there's so many tantalizing ones. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Nov 2, 2012

The pervasive historical reenactments and voiceovers, however, while clearly well-intended, often turn this otherwise vital film into an uneasy hybrid of authenticity and artifice. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Oct 25, 2012

Orchestra of Exiles will interest anyone who's concerned with European Jewry or classical music in the first half of the 20th century. But it provides mostly the facts of Huberman's legacy and little of the flavor. Read full review

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