Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
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.
- Year : 2022
- Country : Germany
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : 3B-Produktion, DW
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- Director : Christian Berger
- Cast : Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Kathrin Ackermann, Daniel Barenboim, Sven Friedrich, Norman Lebrecht, Christian Thielemann
