Taking Sides
Taking Sides (German title Taking Sides – Der Fall Furtwängler) is a 2001 German-French-Austrian-British biographical drama film 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.
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| Release date | 13 September 2001 (Toronto International Film Festival)
16 February 2002 (Germany) 30 April 2002 (France) 5 September 2003 (US) 21 November 2003 (UK) |
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| Country | Germany
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| Language | English (UK/US version)
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