Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz (2022)
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
2022 / 1 hr 26 minThe 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.
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Director
Christian Berger
Cast
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Kathrin Ackermann
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DW
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