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Taking Sides

Drama. In post-war Germany a brilliant orchestra conductor (Stellan Skarsgard) is quizzed about his role in the Third Reich by a tough American major (Harvey Keitel).

Drama based on true events. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic is interrogated by a tough-talking American major and forced to re-examine 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 brings the role of the artist living under an evil regime into the limelight.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Dec 201000:55
BBC One Wales

Credits

Major Steve ArnoldHarvey Keitel
Dr Wilhelm FurtwanglerStellan Skarsgard
Lt David WillsMoritz Bleibtreu
Emmi StraubeBirgit Minichmayr
Helmut Alfred RodeUlrich Tukur
Rudolph Otto WernerHanns Zischler
General WallaceR Lee Ermey
WriterRonald Harwood

Broadcasts

  • Fri 11 Jul 200823:35
    BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Sun 14 Jun 200900:10
    BBC Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Tue 21 Dec 201023:55
    BBC One except Wales
  • Wed 22 Dec 201000:55
    BBC One Wales