Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

68 mins | Documentary, History | March 24, 2023

Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their devotion to the anti-Nazi cause, often at great personal risk. The gentle revelation of these extraordinary lives is gradually revealed through archive footage, skillfully combined with photographs and interviews with experts, journalists and family members.

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

68 mins | Documentary, History | March 24, 2023

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their devotion to the anti-Nazi cause, often at great personal risk. The gentle revelation of these extraordinary lives is gradually revealed through archive footage, skillfully combined with photographs and interviews with experts, journalists and family members.
Producers Channel 4 Television
Original title Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Directors John Hay
Writers Rik Carmichael

Cast