Taking Sides (2001)

Storyline:

Taking Sides 2001 A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Furtwanglers reputation rivalled that of Toscaninis After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies de Nazification program In the bombed out Berlin of the immediate post war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order, and justice, to bear in 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 Orchestra members vouch for Furtwanglers morality He did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod to Major Arnold, he is just a lying, weak willed Nazi