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Taking Sides

20021h 48m6.3/ 10 · TMDB · 50 votes
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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.

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Directed by István Szabó

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The people behind the story

Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel

Steve Arnold

Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Bleibtreu

David Wills

R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

General Wallace

Birgit Minichmayr
Birgit Minichmayr

Emmi Straube

Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur

Helmut Rode

Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Tabakov

Colonel Dymshitz

Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler

Rudolf Werner

Armin Rohde
Armin Rohde

Schlee

Daniel White
Daniel White

Sergeant Adams

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Film details

Released7 Mar 2002
Original languageEnglish
CountriesAustria, Germany, France, United Kingdom
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