Where to watch Taking Sides(2002)

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Taking Sides plot summary

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

Release date

March 7, 2002

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama, War, Music

Directed by

István Szabó

Country

Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom

TMDB rating

6.3 / 10 · 50 votes

Taking Sides trailer

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Cast

• Harvey KeitelSteve Arnold
• Stellan SkarsgårdWilhelm Furtwängler
• Moritz BleibtreuDavid Wills
• R. Lee ErmeyGeneral Wallace
• Birgit MinichmayrEmmi Straube
• Ulrich TukurHelmut Rode
• Oleg TabakovColonel Dymshitz
• Hanns ZischlerRudolf Werner
• Armin RohdeSchlee
• Daniel WhiteSergeant Adams

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