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Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
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Taking Sides was released March 7, 2002. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
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Cast
Harvey KeitelSteve Arnold
Stellan SkarsgårdWilhelm Furtwängler
Moritz BleibtreuDavid Wills
R. Lee ErmeyGeneral Wallace
Birgit MinichmayrEmmi Straube
Ulrich TukurHelmut Rode
Oleg TabakovColonel Dymshitz
Hanns ZischlerRudolf WernerCredits
- Directed by
- István Szabó
- Written by
- Ronald Harwood
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20M
Production
- Paladin Production S.A.
- Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH
Studio BabelsbergGermany- Little Big Bear Filmproduktion GmbH
- MBPGermany
Satel FilmAustria