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Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz poster

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

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.

Release: 2022-11-08
Runtime: 86 min
Cast
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
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Kathrin Ackermann
Kathrin Ackermann
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Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
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Sven Friedrich
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Norman Lebrecht
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Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann
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Simon Wallfisch
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Teresa Wontor-Cichy
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