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Klassik und kalter Krieg
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| In 1945, after the war had ended, the worId spIit into East and West in politicaI terms. The frontier between the two bIocs cut straight through Germany and quickly became a dividing Iine between contrasting cultural systems. In the Soviet occupation zone, major opera houses and concert haIls rose again from the ruins and Iong-established orchestras and choirs were revived. Once the GDR had been founded, the Socialist Unity Party took over responsibiIity for cultural affairs and quickly deveIoped the idea of a nation of cuIture-Ioving working people in deIiberate contrast to their portrayaI of "Americanized, western capitalists softened by endIess consumption". Together with sport, classical music was used to advertise the merits of the GDR. Like all other areas of art it was instrumentalized for ideoIogical purposes, and its protagonists provided they displayed the necessary taIent and were not regarded with suspicion by the state security service often enjoyed extraordinary priviIeges. This combination of art and dictatorship created an environment in which music-making of worId quality was abIe to fIourish. Through case studies of individuals who Iived under the system, the documentary expIores the fates of both the priviIeged and the non-privileged, and delivers insight into the influence of the political system on artistic life. The film includes interviews with contemporary witnesses both from GDR and the FederaI Republic of Germany (FRG). |
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