Wagner's Jews / Overtone Films presents in co-production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk in association with Arte ; produced, directed, and written by Hilan Warshaw.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. DVD extras: Extended interviews; Musical performance: Rubinstein's Parsifal; deleted scenes: Death in Venice; filmmaker interview.
Summary:
German composer Richard Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis. But there is another, lesser-known side to this story. For years, many of Wagner's closest associates were Jews, young musicians who became personally devoted to him, and provided crucial help to his work and career.
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