Synopsis
Berlin, 1946. Germany licks its wounds and tries to come to terms with fascism. Under the aegis of the Allies, a vast denazification campaign is organized throughout the country with the aim of singling out and punishing the guilty, eradicating the roots of evil and restoring democratic values.
Major Steve Arnold of the American Army oversees the case of Wilhelm Furtwängler, one of Germany’s most prestigious conductors.
Furtwängler remained in Germany from 1933 to 1944 and is considered by the Americans to be a cultural emblem of the Nazi regime, a living example of the cowardly collusion of the German people. Arnold must make an example of the “Furtwängler Case”.
Boorish, cocky, proud of his pragmatism, the major backs away from nothing, no matter the pressures and threats. While his young aide Emmi and his liaison officer David Wills look on with some dismay, Arnold methodically breaks down the artist’s defenses, revealing the venal motivations – careerism, fear, jealousy – underlying his supposedly idealistic impulses.
What truth can arise from this confrontation of two opposite worlds that nothing can bring together? Is it the truth of the victor or of the vanquished, of the victims or the dead?
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Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Paladin Production
- Foreign production companies : Studio Babelsberg, Maecenas
- French distribution : Mondo Films
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Yves Pasquier
- Author of original work : Ronald Harwood
- Sound Recordist : Brian Simmons
- Screenwriter : Ronald Harwood
- Director of Photography : Lajos koltai
- Press Attachés (film) : Michèle Abitbol-Lasry, Séverine Lajarrige
- Editor : Sylvie Landra
- Production Designer : Ken Adam
- Costume designer : Györgyi Szakacs
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological comedy
- Themes : History
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Great Britain, Germany, France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Great Britain, Germany, France)
- Production year : 2001
- French release : 30/04/2002
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 100.350
- Visa issue date : 04/04/2002
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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