Taking Sides

Overview

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 7, 2002

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, French, English, Russian

Countries

Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom

Production

Studio Babelsberg,Spice Factory,Satel Film,Paladin Production S.A.,Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH,Little Big Bear Filmproduktion GmbH,MBP

Cast

Harvey Keitel,Stellan Skarsgård,Moritz Bleibtreu,R. Lee Ermey,Birgit Minichmayr,Ulrich Tukur,Oleg Tabakov,Hanns Zischler,Armin Rohde,Daniel Whiteand 15 more

Director

István Szabó

Writer

Ronald Harwood

Producer

Yves Pasquier

Cinematography

Lajos Koltai

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0260414