We Want the Light

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We Want the Light (2004)

Directed by Christopher Nupen

Documentary

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.

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Cast

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Jacques Stroumsa Self Evgeny Kissin Self Vladimir Ashkenazy Self Zubin Mehta Self Pinchas Zukerman Self
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Toby Perlman Self
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Michael Haas Self
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Elyakim Ha'etzni Self
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Norman Lebrecht Self
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Margaret Brearley Self
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Paul Lawrence Rose Self Daniel Barenboim Self

Crew

Director
Christopher Nupen

Details

Release date
2004-10-22
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Production
Opus Arte, Christopher Nupen Films, BBC, Allegro Films