We Want the Light

We Want the Light

2004
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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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Opus Arte Christopher Nupen Films BBC Allegro Films

Quick Facts

Release Date October 22, 2004
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Jacques Stroumsa
Jacques Stroumsa

Self

Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin

Self

Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy

Self

Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta

Self

Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman

Self

Toby Perlman
Toby Perlman

Self

Michael Haas
Michael Haas

Self

Elyakim Ha'etzni
Elyakim Ha'etzni

Self

Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht

Self

Margaret Brearley
Margaret Brearley

Self

Paul Lawrence Rose
Paul Lawrence Rose

Self

Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim

Self

Key Crew

Christopher Nupen
Director

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