Taking Sides (2002)
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.
Director:
István Szabó
Writer:
Ronald Harwood
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Harvey Keitel as Steve Arnold |
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Stellan Skarsgård as Wilhelm Furtwängler |
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Moritz Bleibtreu as David Wills |
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R. Lee Ermey as General Wallace |
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Birgit Minichmayr as Emmi Straube |
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Ulrich Tukur as Helmut Rode |
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Oleg Tabakov as Colonel Dymshitz |
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Hanns Zischler as Rudolf Werner |
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Armin Rohde as Schlee |
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Daniel White as Sergeant Adams |
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August Zirner as Ed Martin |
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Thomas Thieme as Reichsminister |
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Jed Curtis as Colonel Green |
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Garrick Hagon as Major Richards |
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Robin Renucci as Captain Vernay |
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Markus Heinicke as Attendant |
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Aleksandar Tesla as Projectionist |
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Jarreth J. Merz as US Soldier |
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Holger Schober as Steve's Driver |
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Frank Lebœuf as French Aide |
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Philip Bowen as US Aide |
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Thomas Morris as British Sergant |
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Peter Döring as British Officer |
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Rinat Shaham as Jazz Singer |
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Henry Schindler as U.K. Aide |
| Directing | István Szabó | Director |
| Writing | Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Editing | Sylvie Landra | Editor |
| Camera | Lajos Koltai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Anja Müller | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Caroline Hutchings | Casting |
| Production | Heta Mantscheff | Casting |
| Art | Ken Adam | Production Design |
| Art | Bernhard Henrich | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Györgyi Szakács | Costume Design |
| Production | Yves Pasquier | Producer |
| Production | Gisela Waetzoldt-Hildebrandt | Associate Producer |
| Production | Gillian Hawser | Casting |
