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Taking Sides

6.3/10
TMDB50 votes
Original: 108 min

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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About Taking Sides

Taking Sides (2002) is a film in the drama, war, music genres. Directed by . The cast includes Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, R. Lee Ermey.

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Original language
Runtime
108 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Production companies
Paladin Production S.A., Maecenas Film- und Fernseh GmbH, Studio Babelsberg, Little Big Bear Filmproduktion GmbH, MBP, Satel Film, Spice Factory
Writers
Ronald Harwood

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What is Taking Sides about?

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.

Who stars in Taking Sides?

Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, R. Lee Ermey, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur. See the cast cards above for character names.

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