Music ·Drama · Austria · 1997 · 2h 6m

The Harmonists

Comedian Harmonists

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Director
Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast
Ben Becker as Robert Biberti Heino Ferch as Roman Cycowski Ulrich Noethen as Harry Frommermann Heinrich Schafmeister as Erich A. Collin Max Tidof as Ari Leschnikoff Kai Wiesinger as Erwin Bootz
Crew
Joseph Vilsmaier — Director of Photography Peter R. Adam — Editor Harald Kloser — Original Music Composer Klaus Richter — Writer Jürgen Egger — Writer Jürgen Büscher — Story
Synopsis

Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.

Mood & Themes
berlin, germanynazimusicalbiographyantisemitism
Key Collaborators
Joseph Vilsmaier Director Joseph Vilsmaier Director of Photography Peter R. Adam Editor Harald Kloser Original Music Composer Klaus Richter Writer Jürgen Egger Writer Jürgen Büscher Story Reinhard Klooss Producer Hanno Huth Producer Danny Krausz Producer Ute Hofinger Costume Design
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