We Want the Light

Christopher Nupen
2004-10-22


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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

Name Character Team
Jacques Stroumsa Self Unowned
Evgeny Kissin Self Unowned
Vladimir Ashkenazy Self Unowned
Zubin Mehta Self Unowned
Pinchas Zukerman Self Unowned
Toby Perlman Self Unowned
Michael Haas Self Unowned
Elyakim Ha'etzni Self Unowned
Norman Lebrecht Self Unowned
Margaret Brearley Self Unowned
Paul Lawrence Rose Self Unowned
Daniel Barenboim Self Unowned
Yirmiyahu Yovel Self Unowned
Uri Toeplitz Self Unowned
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Self Unowned
Itzhak Perlman Self Unowned
Alice Sommer-Herz Self Unowned