Release Date

22 Oct, 2004

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

We Want the Light

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Actors

Jacques Stroumsa

Evgeny Kissin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Zubin Mehta

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

Itzhak Perlman

Alice Herz-Sommer

Crew