The Reich's Orchestra 2007
"The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich"
Overview
In 2007, the Berliner Philharmoniker celebrated their 125th anniversary. Film director Enrique Sánchez Lansch took this occasion to tell a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of the Berliner Philharmoniker: the years of National Socialism from 1933 to 1945. The film, “The Reichsorchester”, made in collaboration with musicians of the orchestra and its archive.
Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch
Cast
Andreas Hoppe
Himself
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Himself (archive footage)