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Philharmonic (1944)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Overview
Alexander Schonath is an exceptionally gifted musician who plays first violin in a philharmonic orchestra. But when the orchestra runs into financial difficulties, Alexander is the first to leave and join a dance band – the other musicians, especially his father, see him as a “deserter.” In Alexander’s absence, his younger, perpetually sickly brother Hans makes a career in the philharmonic and becomes engaged to Maria, the daughter of the orchestra’s chairman, Herbert Hartwig.
Length 79 minutes
Actors
Eugen Klöpfer | Will Quadflieg | Irene von Meyendorff | Erich Ponto | Kirsten Heiberg | Elisabeth Flickenschildt | O.E. Hasse | Franz Schafheitlin | Erika von Thellmann | Theodor Loos | Malte Jaeger | Erich Fiedler | Angelo Ferrari | Ernst Pittschau | Paul Rehkopf | Eduard von Winterstein | Paul Verhoeven | Curt Ackermann | Jeanette Bethge | Oscar Sabo | Karl Etlinger | Herbert Gernot | Walter Klam | Ruth Buchardt | Alfred Stein | Horst Winter | Werner Kurz | André Saint-Germain | Bill Bocket | Karl Rathgeb | Charles Francois | Eugen Jochum | Karl Böhm | Hans Knappertsbusch