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Taking Sides

Taking Sides

20026.21h 48m

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.

Directed by István Szabó
Written by Ronald Harwood
Produced by Yves Pasquier
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0M0

Top Cast

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Steve Arnold

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

David Wills

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

General Wallace

Birgit Minichmayr

Birgit Minichmayr

Emmi Straube

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

Helmut Rode

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Colonel Dymshitz

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Rudolf Werner

Armin Rohde

Armin Rohde

Schlee

Daniel White

Daniel White

Sergeant Adams

About Taking Sides

Taking Sides is a drama, war, music film released in 2002. Directed by István Szabó, it stars Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu. 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.

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