DVD
Taking sides
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Oleg Tabakov, Ulrich Tukur.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : New Yorker Video, c2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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 Nazi party, he was a recipient of government 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 against Furtwängler, his aim is to prove that the conductor's genius contributed to the Nazi propaganda machine, while Furtwängler insists he stayed to bring comfort to the German people with his music.
Notes
DVD format.
Videodisc release of the 2001 motion picture.
Based on the play by Ronald Harwood.
Not rated.