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Taking Sides (2001) | User Rating
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Release Date
Sep 5, 2003 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 20, 2004
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country UK, France, Germany, Austria
Studio Great British Films, Jeremy Isaaca Productions, Little Big Bear Filmproduktion, MBP, Studio Babelsberg, Twan
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Other Titles
• Taking Sides
• Der Fall Furtwängler (2003)
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Genre: Drama, World War II, Betrayal, Period Piece, Political, Culture Clash
Plot: After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany, persuading others to protest through voluntarily exile. Wilhelm Furtwängler, arguably the most distinguished conductor of his generation, chose to stay, serving as one of the Nazi`s foremost cultural assets. Though never a member of the Party, Furtwängler was the recipient of government honors and appointments, associated with party members, and conducted at party functions, including Hitler's birthday. He was named Prussian Privy Council by Goering and Vice-President of the chamber of Music of the Third Reich by Goebbels. However, Furtwängler's concerts represented pockets of resistance from inside Nazi Germany, and the conductor often used his position and contacts with the abject regime in order to save hundreds of Jewish musicians from the concentration camps, at his own risk. Should he be punished for staying in his country and accepting to compromise or should his efforts to oppose the evil regime from within be recognized?The American Denazification Committee gave Major Steve Arnold the task of carrying out the pre-trial investigation, with orders to contribute to the extermination of Nazism in Germany. For Major Arnold and his hierarchy, Furtwängler represents the moral weakness and
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