Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/12/1999(USA)
Release Date: 07/02/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Ger/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Miramax
Joseph Vilsmaier (
Stalingrad and
Brother of Sleep) directed this fact-based German musical drama about a popular barbershop sextet in Nazi Germany of the '30s. In 1927, musician Harry Frommermann (
Ulrich Noethen), attracted to music-shop assistant Erna (
Meret Becker), joins ambitious vocalist Robert Biberti (
Ben Becker) in forming a vocal group with arranger Erwin (
Kai Wiesinger) and Bulgarian cafe-singer Ari (
Max Tidof). As their fame increases, the authorities, who object to the Jews in the group, pressure them to perform National Socialist material. Traveling to New York, they eventually must decide whether to remain in the U.S. or return to Germany. The musical numbers use digitally remastered recordings by the real-life group, and computer graphics were employed to re-create a 1934 concert aboard an aircraft carrier in New York harbor.
Barry Manilow's stage musical
Harmony is based on this same music group. Shown at the 1998
Berlin Film Festival.
~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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