Taking Sides
Drama, Music, War
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2001
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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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Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
1 Jan 2001
Country:
AT, DE, FR, GB
Languages:
English, French, German, Russian
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
9 wins & 2 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Schematic, didactic, and most of all, in the case of Keitel, woefully miscast.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
26 Feb 2004
rotten:
The notions of the good man's complicity through inertia ... are ones that have been more powerfully explored before.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
23 Jan 2004
rotten:
We're asked to jump into the combatants' arguments with no background about either one, no reason to care if Skarsgard sweats or Keitel rages.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
19 Dec 2003
fresh:
The talk in this moral debate smokes with provocative drama and actors of weight.
– Jane Sumner,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Dec 2003
fresh:
Brilliantly acted and written, Taking Sides overcomes any shortcoming of its transition from stage to screen.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
6 Nov 2003