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Das Singen im Dom zu Magdeburg (1988)
Directed by Peter Rocha
Documentary · 20m
Jewish and Christian music merge in this film about one of the oldest choirs in Germany, the choir in Magdeburg Cathedral, which has been performing together with the head cantor of the Jewish community in West Berlin, Estrongo Nachama, since 1980. The choir already existed when Walther von der Vogelweide celebrated Christmas here; the cathedral has survived devastation and wars, most recently the bombing of Magdeburg in January 1945. The choir sings "Oh, how the city lies so desolate, which was full of people". The choir now rehearses and sings together with Estrongo Nachama.
Cast
Katharina Lind
Crew
- Director
- Peter Rocha
- Writer
- Irmgard Ritterbusch, Peter Rocha
- Director of Photography
- Karl Farber
- Editor
- Ilse Gebhardt
Details
- Release date
- 1988-10-14
- Runtime
- 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme