Taking Sides
2002One 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.
Acted in
Harvey Keitel
as Steve Arnold
Stellan Skarsgård
as Wilhelm Furtwängler
Moritz Bleibtreu
as David Wills
R. Lee Ermey
as General Wallace
Birgit Minichmayr
as Emmi Straube
Ulrich Tukur
as Helmut Rode
Oleg Tabakov
as Colonel Dymshitz
Hanns Zischler
as Rudolf Werner
Armin Rohde
as Schlee
Daniel White
as Sergeant Adams
August Zirner
as Ed Martin
Thomas Thieme
as Reichsminister
Jed Curtis
as Colonel Green
Garrick Hagon
as Major Richards
Robin Renucci
as Captain Vernay
Markus Heinicke
as Attendant
Aleksandar Tesla
as Projectionist
Jarreth J. Merz
as US Soldier
Holger Schober
as Steve's Driver
Frank Lebœuf
as French Aide
Philip Bowen
as US Aide
Thomas Morris
as British Sergant
Peter Döring
as British Officer
Rinat Shaham
as Jazz Singer
Henry Schindler
as U.K. Aide