The Reich's Orchestra

Nov 1, 2007

1h 33m

★ 6.5

The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich

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.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Eikon Media

RBB

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Cast

Himself

Andreas Hoppe

Himself (archive footage)

Wilhelm Furtwängler

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