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GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE THIRD REICH
GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE THIRD REICH


 
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A collection of excerpts from propaganda films and other film footage of master conductors leading performances in the service of the Nazi regime. Wilhelm Furtwangler, Karl Bohm, Leo Blech (who, despite being Jewish, maintained his career in Germany until 1937), Herbert von Karajan, Hans Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss and Max von Schillings are the conductors featured, leading the the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. "In most cases, the intensity of the music-making is remarkable. This was a time when classical music was of utmost political and cultural importance. Amid everything, that seems the most unthinkable" (David Patrick Stearns, USA Today).

53 mins.