TAKING SIDES [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2001
• Genre: Drama, Music, War
• Plot: From the Academy Award® winning writer of The Pianist comes the provocative story, based on true events, of Wilhelm Furtwangler, arguably the most distinguished conductor of his generation.; ; After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgård) chose to stay, serving as one of the Nazi's foremost cultural assets. Though never a member of the Party, Furtwangler was the recipient of government honors and appointments associated with party members. However, the conductor often used his position and contacts to save hundreds of Jewish musicians from the concentration camps.; ; When Major Steve Arnold (Harvey Keitel) is given the task of carrying out pre-trial investigations against Furtwangler, his aim is to prove that the conductor's artistic genius contributed to the Nazi propaganda machine and their destructive ideology. Conversely, Furtzwangler insists he chose to stay to bring comfort to the German people with his music.; ; Taking Sides is that rare film that demands the audience to take a position on an issue: in this case, the complicity or innocence of Wilhelm Furtwangler.
• Cast: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Oleg Tabakov, Hanns Zischler, Armin Rohde, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Daniel White, Thomas Thieme, Jed Curtis, Garrick Hagon, Robin Renucci, Markus Heinicke, Aleksander Tesla, Jarreth J. Merz, Holger Schober, Frank Leboeuf, Philip Bowen, Thomas Morris, Peter Döring, Rinat Shaham, Werner Armeln, Matthias Wilke, Holger Jahn, Werner Zwosta, Thomas Rösicke, Marco Riccardi, Jourii Babalikachvili, Henry Schindler, Chris Martin, Benno Wirth, Ron Hermann, Valentin Tornow, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, István Szabó, Ronald Harwood
• Director: István Szabó
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: New Yorker Video
• Media Format: Movie