| Description |
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital, DTS. |
| Cast |
Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Hans Zischler, Armin Rohde, Augush Zirner, Thomas Thieme. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Lajor Koltai ; editor, Sylvie Landra ; costume designer, Györguy Szakács ; production designer, Ken Adams. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
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Based upon the play by Ronald Harwood. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtwängler choose to stay. Though never a member of the party, he was a receipient of 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, his aim is to prove that the conductor's genius contributed to the Nazi propaganda, while Furtwängler insisted he stayed to bring comfort to the German people with his music. |
| Subject |
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954 -- Drama.
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Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Conductors (Music) -- Germany -- Drama.
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Conductors (Music) |
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Germany. |
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1933-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Pasquier, Yves.
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Harwood, Ronald, 1934-2020.
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Szabó, István, 1938-
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Keitel, Harvey.
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Skarsgård, Stellan.
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Bleibtreu, Moritz, 1971-
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Minichmayr, Birgit.
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Tukur, Ulrich, 1957-
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Zischler, Hanns, 1947-
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Rohde, Armin.
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Zirner, August, 1959-
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Thieme, Thomas.
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Koltai, Lajos.
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Landra, Sylvie.
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Szakács, Györgyi.
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Adams, Ken, 1921-
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MBP (Firm)
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Maecenas Films (Firm)
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Paladin Production.
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Studio Babelsberg.
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Little Bear Production.
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Jeremy Isaacs Productions.
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France 2 cinéma (Firm)
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Studio Canal+.
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1567303439 |
| Standard No. |
717119880446 |
| Music No. |
DVD88004 New Yorker Video |
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