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Taking Sides (German title Taking Sides - Der Fall Furtwängler) is a 2001 German-French-Austrian-British co-production directed by István Szabó and starring Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård. The story is set during the period of denazification investigations conducted in post-war Germany after the Second World War, and it is based on the real interrogations that took place between a U.S. Army investigator and the musical conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had been charged with serving the Nazi regime. It is based on the 1995 play of the same title by Ronald Harwood.
The film was shot on location in Germany with the dialogue in German and English, although in the version released in the US and the UK the dialogue is only in English.
Original Release
01/01/2001
US Release
01/01/2001
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Keitel | Major Steve Arnold / Steve Arnold |
Stellan Skarsgard | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler / Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Moritz Bleibtreu | Lt. David Wills / David Wills |
Birgit Minichmayr | Emmi Straube |
Ulrich Tukur | Helmut Alfred Rode, 2nd violinist / Helmut Rode |
Oleg Tabakov | Colonel Dymshitz |
Hanns Zischler | Rudolf Otto Werner, oboist / Rudolf Werner |
Armin Rohde | Schlee, timpanist / Schlee |
R. Lee Ermey | General Wallace |
August Zirner | Captain Ed Martin / Ed Martin |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Keitel | Major Steve Arnold / Steve Arnold |
Stellan Skarsgard | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler / Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Moritz Bleibtreu | Lt. David Wills / David Wills |
Birgit Minichmayr | Emmi Straube |
Ulrich Tukur | Helmut Alfred Rode, 2nd violinist / Helmut Rode |
Oleg Tabakov | Colonel Dymshitz |
Hanns Zischler | Rudolf Otto Werner, oboist / Rudolf Werner |
Armin Rohde | Schlee, timpanist / Schlee |
R. Lee Ermey | General Wallace |
August Zirner | Captain Ed Martin / Ed Martin |
Daniel White | Sergeant Adams |
Thomas Thieme | Reichsminister |
Jed Curtis | Colonel Green |
Garrick Hagon | Major Richards |
Robin Renucci | Captain Vernay |
Markus Heinicke | Attendant |
Aleksandar Tesla | Projectionist |
Jarreth J. Merz | US Soldier |
Holger Schober | Steve's Driver |
Frank Leboeuf | French Aide |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fritz Buttenstedt | Executive Producer |
Michael Cowan | Executive Producer |
Jason Piette | Executive Producer |
David Rogers | Executive Producer |
Adam Betteridge | Producer |
Udo Happel | Producer |
Michael Hild | Producer |
Jeremy Isaacs | Producer |
Alex Marshall | Producer |
Maureen McCabe | Producer |
Rainer Mockert | Producer |
Michel Nicolini | Producer |
Yves Pasquier | Producer |
Jacques Rousseau | Producer |
Rainer Schaper | Producer |
Gisela Waetzoldt-Hildebrandt | Producer |