Taking sides, le cas Furtwängler

Synopsis

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Release date

07 Mar 2002

Directed by

Szabó István

Runtime

1h 45m

Original title

Taking Sides

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Steve Arnold

Stellan Skarsgård

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Moritz Bleibtreu

David Wills

R. Lee Ermey

General Wallace

Birgit Minichmayr

Emmi Straube

Ulrich Tukur

Helmut Rode

Олег Табаков

Colonel Dymshitz

Hanns Zischler

Rudolf Werner

Armin Rohde

Schlee

Daniel White

Sergeant Adams

August Zirner

Ed Martin

Thomas Thieme

Reichsminister