TAKING SIDES (2002)

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Plot

Furtwängler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, was considered by many the most brilliant of the 20th Century, but he served as one of the Nazi's foremost cultural assets and flag-bearers. 'Taking Sides' recreates his suspenseful post-World War II interrogation by a tough talking American Major examining his role during the Third Reich in the most uncompromising of terms. The confrontation between the soft-spoken cultural icon of the old world and the rough, emotional hard-hitter from the new world, makes for some electrifying verbal pyrotechnics. At what point does a collaborator, especially one who benefits materially from his actions, become a guilty person? One of the best interrogation movies ever made.