Enrique Sanchez Lansch ~ The Reichsorchester: The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich ~ DVD

From 1933 to 1945 the Berlin Philharmonic was answerable directly to the German Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda, and became a priviledged cultural ambassador of the Nazi regime. Drawing on archival material and tracing the lives of orchestra members, Sanchez Lansch’s film examines life in and around the orchestra, and explores the question of how one treads the fine line between independence and individual responsibility. 100 minutes.