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The Harmonists is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Vilsmaier released in USA on 25 december 1997 with Meret Becker
The Harmonists (1997)
Comedian Harmonists
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 december 1997
Length 2h7
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
OriginGerman
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Rating71%
Comedian Harmonists (English title: The Harmonists) is a 1997 German film, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier, about the popular German vocal group the Comedian Harmonists of the 1920s and 30s. The film is supported by German and Austrian film fund.
Synopsis
In 1927, unemployed German-Jewish actor Harry Frommermann is inspired by the American group The Revelers to create a German group of the same format. He holds auditions and signs on four additional singers and a pianist. Naming themselves the "Comedian Harmonists", they meet international fame and popularity. However, they eventually run into trouble when the Nazis come to power, as half the group is Jewish.Actors
Meret Becker
(Erna Eggstein)
Heino Ferch
(Roman Cycowski)
Kai Wiesinger
(Erwin Bootz)
Katja Riemann
(Mary Cycowski)
Otto Sander
(Bruno Levy)
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