Taking Sides
108 mins
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.
Markus Heinicke
Attendant
Aleksandar Tesla
Projectionist
Philip Bowen
US Aide
Peter Döring
British Officer
Henry Schindler
U.K. Aide
Gillian Hawser
Casting
Caroline Hutchings
Casting
Heta Mantscheff
Casting
Anja Müller
Supervising Art Director
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Györgyi Szakács
Costume Design
Gisela Waetzoldt-Hildebrandt
Associate Producer
Yves Pasquier
Producer