Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz (Klassik unterm Hakenkreuz: Der Maestro und die Cellistin von Auschwitz)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Christian Berger
Writer: Christian Berger
Producer: Maria Willer, Bernhard von Hülsen
Director of Photography: Sven Jakob-Engelmann, Johannes Imdahl
