Film
We Want the Light
2004 · Documentary
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Overview
The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and explored through the music they inspired in this documentary from the BBC and Opus Arte. We Want the Light brings together harrowing tales from Holocaust survivors with performances of music by such legendary composers as Mahler, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Interviews with: Alice Sommer Herz, Jacques Stroumsa, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Toby Perlman, Michael Haas, Elyakim Ha’etzni, Norman Lebrecht, Margaret Brearley, Paul Lawrence Rose, Daniel Barenboim, Yirmiyahu Yovel, Uri Toeplitz & Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. Featuring: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Cologne Cathedral Children’s Choir & Cologne Opera Chorus.
Cast
Jacques Stroumsa
Self
Evgeny Kissin
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Self
Zubin Mehta
Self
Pinchas Zukerman
Self
Toby Perlman
Self
Michael Haas
Self
Elyakim Ha'etzni
Self
Norman Lebrecht
Self
Margaret Brearley
Self
Paul Lawrence Rose
Self
Daniel Barenboim
Self
Yirmiyahu Yovel
Self
Uri Toeplitz
Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Self
Itzhak Perlman
Self
Crew
- Christopher NupenDirector
Details
- Release date
- October 22, 2004
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Genres
- Documentary
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