We Want the Light
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10/22/2004
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 List
Jacques Stroumsa
as Self
Evgeny Kissin
as Self
Vladimir Ashkenazy
as Self
Zubin Mehta
as Self
Pinchas Zukerman
as Self
Toby Perlman
as Self
Michael Haas
as Self
Elyakim Ha'etzni
as Self
Norman Lebrecht
as Self
Margaret Brearley
as Self
Paul Lawrence Rose
as Self
Daniel Barenboim
as Self
Yirmiyahu Yovel
as Self
Uri Toeplitz
as Self
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
as Self
Itzhak Perlman
as Self
Alice Herz-Sommer
as Self