Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

03/24/2023

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1hr 8min

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History

,Documentary

STORY

Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their devotion to the anti-Nazi cause, often at great personal risk. The gentle revelation of these extraordinary lives is gradually revealed through archive footage, skillfully combined with photographs and interviews with experts, journalists and family members.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Stephen Fry

    Director

  • John Hay

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Channel 4 Television

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English