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Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz

Original title: Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz

Year

2022

Runtime

86 min

Genres

Documentary

The 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.

Cast: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Kathrin Ackermann, Daniel Barenboim, Sven Friedrich, Norman Lebrecht, Christian Thielemann, Simon Wallfisch, Teresa Wontor-Cichy