| Parallel title |
Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich |
| Contents |
The Philharmonic declared Reichsorchester -- Jewish members of the orchestra -- Political takeover -- Party hacks in the orchestra -- Privileges -- Tours abroad -- Bombs falling on Berlin -- Berlin frontlines : Philharmonic plays on -- Final months of the war -- Fresh start and denazification process -- The aftermath -- Finale, for now. |
| Abstract |
This season the Berlin Philharmonic celebrates its 125th year. The orchestra is using its jubilee as an opportunity to examine a rather unknown chapter in its history: The years under the rule of the National Socialists (between 1933 and 1945). Thanks to contemporary witnesses from the orchestra and its fringes who are still alive today, and thanks also to extensive and until now unappraised archive materials, it is possible to gain an insight into this microcosmos: where does the thin line run separating autonomy from entanglement, innocence from guilt? A chapter from the history of Germany and Berlin, as gripping as it is volatile, comes to life once more. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | In German and English with English subtitles. |
| In | Reichsorchester |
| Issued in other form | Original publisher catalog number 9113 |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
