Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz (2022)

ALL 11/08/2022 (de) Documentary 86 Min
  • Release
    11/08/2022
  • Production
    3B-Produktion, DW
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  • Original title
    Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.

  1. Christian Berger

    Director

  2. Story



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Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz (2022) 86 Min

ALL 11/08/2022 (de)
Documentary
  • Release 11/08/2022
  • Production
    3B-Produktion, DW
  • Original title Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Christian Berger

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Janine Dauterich

    Editor

  4. Maria Willer, Bernhard von Hülsen

    Producer