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1:00 PM
Music Under the Swastika
Film screening|Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
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Golden Scene Cinema
- Language In English and German with English subtitles
Director: Christian Berger
Germany / 2022 / 84' / Documentary
In English and German with English subtitles
Double Feature playing with Girl No. 60427
Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, member of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. Both shared a love for classical German music. Why did gifted artists like Furtwängler make a pact with evil? Why was classical music played in extermination camps? And how did this change the way victims saw music?
Germany / 2022 / 84' / Documentary
In English and German with English subtitles
Double Feature playing with Girl No. 60427
Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, member of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. Both shared a love for classical German music. Why did gifted artists like Furtwängler make a pact with evil? Why was classical music played in extermination camps? And how did this change the way victims saw music?
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Location
Golden Scene Cinema
2 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town
Hongkong (SAR)
2 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town
Hongkong (SAR)