The Reich's Orchestra (2007)

6.5/10 93 min Music Documentary

Overview

In 2007, the Berliner Philharmoniker celebrated their 125th anniversary. Film director Enrique Sánchez Lansch took this occasion to tell a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of the Berliner Philharmoniker: the years of National Socialism from 1933 to 1945. The film, “The Reichsorchester”, made in collaboration with musicians of the orchestra and its archive.

Cast

Andreas Hoppe

Himself

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Himself (archive footage)

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