In Silence (2014)

  • NR
  • 10/16/2014 (CZ)
  • History, Drama
  • 1h 24m

Overview

Slovak musicologist Agata Schindlerová, now settled in Dresden, has spent years mapping out the forgotten destinies of Jewish musicians whose lives were irrevocably marked by the advance of nazism. Scenes from the lives of several of them are portrayed in the film In Silence (ballet dancer Alice Flachová, pianist and conductor Karol Ebert, composer, conductor and director of the Dresden Theatre Arthur Chitz, pianist Edith Kraus, and the vocal ensemble Comedian Harmonists), which draws a sharp contrast between the protagonists’ carefree existence working and making music during the pre-war era and the subsequent severe upheaval in their lives brought on by the proliferation of nazism.

Zdeněk Jiráský

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Judit Pecháček's headshot

Judit Pecháček

Edith Kraus
Jan Čtvrtník's headshot

Jan Čtvrtník

Karol Elbert
Ján Gallovič's headshot

Ján Gallovič

Arthur Chitz
Kristína Svarinská's headshot

Kristína Svarinská

Laco Hrušovský's headshot

Laco Hrušovský

Dana Košická's headshot

Dana Košická

Valéria Stasková's headshot

Valéria Stasková

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