We Want the Light
movie
Released October 22, 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.
Cast
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Jacques Stroumsa
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Evgeny Kissin
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Self
Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Self
Zubin Mehta
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Self
Pinchas Zukerman
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Self
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Toby Perlman
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Self
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Michael Haas
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Elyakim Ha'etzni
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Self
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Norman Lebrecht
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Self
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Margaret Brearley
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Self
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Paul Lawrence Rose
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Self
Daniel Barenboim
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Self