Great Conductors of the Third Reich: Art in the Service of Evil
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Actor: Clemens Kraus, Herbert Von Karajan, Karl B?hm, Leo Blech, Wilhelm Furtw?nglerBrand: Bel Canto Society
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Original Language); German (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Classical, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 53 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: D052
Studio: Bel Canto Society
Movie Reviews of Great Conductors of the Third Reich: Art in the Service of Evil
Movie Review: Misleading - NOT a documentary - just clips!
Summary: 1 Stars
Although I was told (in the fine print) that this was documentary footage of conductors of the Third Reich, I had naively assumed - from the gaudy words "Art in the Service of Evil" - there would be some narration, some explanation, some background of what compelled great musicians to stay in the Nazi world and serve it with their music, etc. However, there was none of that. Except for one brief newsreel segment, this DVD was nothing but a pasted together compilation of conductors in the Third Reich playing music. That's it - they just played music - no explanation, no background, no voiceover, no subtitles, nothing. Literally, you simply watched newsreel footage of a conductor waving his baton in front of an orchestra and playing the music. Well, that told me nothing at all. (By the way, what WAS it with the Third Reich's obsession with 'Der Meistersinger'? That was played over and over again on this DVD as if there was nothing else available.)
This DVD is useless, a waste of money. If you want a true documentary of musicians in the Third Reich, don't waste your money on this - instead, buy "The Reichsorchester". THAT is a superb DVD of the Berlin Philharmonic during the Third Reich with interviews of musicians, newsreels, reading of diaries, reminiscences, facts, etc., that gives you an honest and thorough understanding of what it was like. But this DVD is a waste of money!
Summary of Great Conductors of the Third Reich: Art in the Service of Evil
GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE THIRD REICH includes stunning newsreel footage showing that B??hm, Furtw??ngler, Karajan, Knappertsbusch and Krauss, among others, turned themselves and their art into Nazi propaganda. The Nazis wanted to be perceived as men of culture, so they crowned many of their victories with concerts, which they sometimes filmed. "We are bringing the world the greatest art," was their message.
On this DVD a newsreel presents panzers parading down the Champs-Elys??es juxtaposed with Karajan conducting the Prussian Staatskapelle in occupied Paris. Other footage includes Furtw??ngler conducting in celebration of Hitler's birthday, also Hitler at Bayreuth. When women see Hitler they weep with joy. The performances are glorious, spiritual even--the greatest art in the service of the greatest evil.--Stefan Zucker
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