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.

Cast

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Self Kathrin Ackermann Self Daniel Barenboim Self Sven Friedrich Self Norman Lebrecht Self Christian Thielemann Self Simon Wallfisch Self Teresa Wontor-Cichy Self

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