We Want the Light

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jacques Stroumsa

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Evgeny Kissin

Self

Age : 52 | Popularity : 7%

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Self

Age : 86 | Popularity : 5%

Zubin Mehta

Self

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Pinchas Zukerman

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Toby Perlman

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Michael Haas

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Elyakim Ha'etzni

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Christopher Nupen
Department	Role	Name

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