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Music under the swastika : the maestro and the cellist of Auschwitz

Music under the swastika : the maestro and the cellist of Auschwitz

DVD 2023

Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? 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 classical German music. The world-famous conductor made a pact with Hitler and his henchmen. The young woman brought to...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
Jews Germany History 1933-1945
Jews Poland Wrocław Biography
Lasker-Wallfisch, Anita
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Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video
all regions
polychrome
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Other Title:
Klassik untern Hakenkreuz : der maestro und die cellistin von Auschwitz
Notes:
Title from container
Albrecht Dumling, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Christian Berger
DVD, region 0, NTSC; wide screen (16:9); Dolby digital 5.1
English, German or Spanish dialogue; English, French, German, Japanese or Korean subtitles
Control Number:
3250847
UPC:
814337016388
Other Authors:
3B-Produktion (Firm), production compmany
Berger, Christian, 1985- film director, on-screen participant, screenwriter
C Major Entertainment GmbH, publisher
Dümling, Albrecht, on-screen participant
Hülsen, Bernhard von, film producer
Lasker-Wallfisch, Anita, on-screen participant
Willer, Maria, film producer
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