Taking Sides

Taking Sides

108 mins | Drama, War, Music | Jan. 1, 2001

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.

Taking Sides

108 mins | Drama, War, Music | Jan. 1, 2001

Taking Sides
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Studio Babelsberg, Little Big Bear Filmproduktion GmbH, Paladin Production S.A., Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH
Original title Taking Sides
Directors István Szabó
Writers Ronald Harwood

Cast

Harvey Keitel

as Steve Arnold

Stellan Skarsgård

as Wilhelm Furtwängler

Moritz Bleibtreu

as David Wills

R. Lee Ermey

as General Wallace

Birgit Minichmayr

as Emmi Straube

Ulrich Tukur

as Helmut Rode

Oleg Tabakov

as Colonel Dymshitz

Hanns Zischler

as Rudolf Werner

Armin Rohde

as Schlee

Daniel White

as Sergeant Adams

August Zirner

as Ed Martin

Thomas Thieme

as Reichsminister

Jed Curtis

as Colonel Green

Garrick Hagon

as Major Richards

Robin Renucci

as Captain Vernay

Markus Heinicke

as Attendant

Aleksandar Tesla

as Projectionist

Jarreth J. Merz

as US Soldier

Holger Schober

as Steve's Driver

Frank Lebœuf

as French Aide

Philip Bowen

as US Aide

Thomas Morris

as British Sergant

Peter Döring

as British Officer

Rinat Shaham

as Jazz Singer

Henry Schindler

as U.K. Aide