The Reichsorchester (2007)
The Reichsorchester (2007)
Das Reichsorchester - Die Berliner Philharmoniker und der Nationalsozialismus
Xvid 720x406 29.97fps 1430Kbps | German Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192Kbps | English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese sub/idx | 01:29:32 | 1.02 Gb
Documentary/History/Music | Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch | Stars: Johannes Bastiaan, Christian Buchholz and Werner Buchholz
Das Reichsorchester - Die Berliner Philharmoniker und der Nationalsozialismus
Xvid 720x406 29.97fps 1430Kbps | German Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192Kbps | English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese sub/idx | 01:29:32 | 1.02 Gb
Documentary/History/Music | Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch | Stars: Johannes Bastiaan, Christian Buchholz and Werner Buchholz
The Reichsorchester is a profoundly disturbing film for 21st Century sensibilities. It is the story of the world famous Berlin Philharmonic and its subjugation by Dr. Josef Goebbels during World War II. The Berlin Philharmonic today is considered one of, if not the, finest symphony orchestra performing. For all of its contemporary esteem, the orchestra had humble origins and its history in the Twentieth Century was a troubled one.
Director Enrique Sánchez Lansch (Rhythm is It!) plumbs the depths of this period in the orchestra’s history, interviewing surviving musicians and their families. A complex picture emerges of musicians wanting to play music and having to perform for the benefit of the most notorious political régime in modern history. This apparent moral conflict is dense with questions about responsibility, conspiracy, and blame. These questions loom large 70 years later for a group of musicians largely made up of people wanting only to play music, having had no political proclivities whatsoever.
The Reichsorchester (2007)
The Reichsorchester (2007)
The Reichsorchester (2007)
No more mirrors!