Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz
Watch music under the swastika - the maestro and the cellist of auschwitz full movie online. The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich - albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for the classical German music.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Germany
- Director: Christian Berger
- Cast: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Kathrin Ackermann, Daniel Barenboim, Sven Friedrich, Norman Lebrecht, Christian Thielemann, Simon Wallfisch, Teresa Wontor-Cichy,
