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Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 24, 2023

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

History, Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

Production Companies

Channel 4 Television

Director

John Hay

Description

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.