Music-under-the-swastica

Director: Christian Berger | Germany | 2022 |A Documentary | English / German | English Subtitles | 84 min

Double Feature Ticket

VENUE Golden Scene Cinema

Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm
Double Feature playing with Girl No. 60427

SYNOPSIS:

Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, member of the infamous Womenas Orchestra of Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm FurtwA$ngler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. Both shared a love for classical German music. Why did gifted artists like FurtwA$ngler make a pact with evil? Why was classical music played in extermination camps? And how did this change the way victims saw music?

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SUPPORTED by Goethe Institut Hong Kong, German Consulate General Hong Kong,A Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC)

AWARDS

2023 International EmmyA(R) Awards Nominee: Arts ProgrammingA – The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz / 3B-Produktion GmbH / Deutsche Welle/ Germany