The Reich's Orchestra

The Reich's Orchestra

The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich

6.5
2007
1h 33m
MusicDocumentary

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.

Director

Enrique Sánchez Lansch

Top Cast

Andreas Hoppe

Andreas Hoppe

Himself

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Himself (archive footage)

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