Where to Watch Taking Sides (2001) in Australia

What it's about

A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Furtwangler's reputation rivalled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification program. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order, and justice, to bear in 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. Orchestra members vouch for Furtwangler's morality. He did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra. To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod; to Major Arnold, he is just a lying, weak-willed Nazi.

Cast and crew

Director

István Szabó

Writer

Ronald Harwood

Starring

Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu

Details

Release date

Mar 7, 2002

Language

English, Russian, French, German

Country

France, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria

Box office

$188,952

Awards

9 wins & 3 nominations

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