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The Last Musician of Auschwitz

How can there be music in the worst place in the world? The story of how inmates of Auschwitz performed and composed music as a lifeline and a way to resist.

How can there be music in the worst place in the world? Told through the words of victims of the camp who played and created music during the terrors of the Holocaust, this film shows how, in the most brutal and dehumanising situations, music could be a lifeline, a way to give testimony and even a way to resist.

Woven throughout are new interpretations of musical works written by victims of the camp, mainly filmed at resonant locations in the environs of Auschwitz. Between them, they touch on themes of loss, longing and cultural memory, and address head on the barbaric and murderous regime at Auschwitz.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Tue 4 Feb 2025 01:55

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Featured Artist Raphael Wallfisch
Interviewed Guest Jonathan Freedland
Interviewed Guest Andre Laks
Interviewed Guest Ulrike Migdal
Interviewed Guest Petra Gelbart
Interviewed Guest Krzysztof Kulisiewicz
Interviewed Guest Francesco Lotoro
Featured Artist Liv Migdal
Featured Artist Ben Caplan
Director Toby Trackman
Producer Deborah Lee
Executive Producer Alan Clements
Production Company Two Rivers Media Ltd

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