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Taking Sides
Directed by
István Szabó
Not Rated
2001
1h 48m
Drama
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War
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7.1
73%
73%
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After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.
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Cast of Taking Sides
Harvey Keitel
Steve Arnold
Stellan Skarsgård
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Moritz Bleibtreu
David Wills
R. Lee Ermey
General Wallace
Birgit Minichmayr
Emmi Straube
Ulrich Tukur
Helmut Rode
Oleg Tabakov
Colonel Dymshitz
Hanns Zischler
Rudolf Werner
Armin Rohde
Schlee
Daniel White
Sergeant Adams
August Zirner
Ed Martin
Thomas Thieme
Reichsminister
Jed Curtis
Colonel Green
Garrick Hagon
Major Richards
Robin Renucci
Captain Vernay
Markus Heinicke
Attendant
Aleksandar Tesla
Projectionist
Jarreth J. Merz
US Soldier
Holger Schober
Steve's Driver
Frank Lebœuf
French Aide
Philip Bowen
US Aide
Thomas Morris
British Sergant
Peter Döring
British Officer
Rinat Shaham
Jazz Singer
Henry Schindler
U.K. Aide
Taking Sides Ratings & Reviews
Dallas Morning News
Jane Sumner
The talk in this moral debate smokes with provocative drama and actors of weight.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is both interesting and unsatisfying.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
[A] magnificent piece of theater-as-cinema, with performances so intense, backgrounds so evocative, the camera so ingeniously placed and the tempo so crisp, it's impossible to be bored.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
Brilliantly acted and written, Taking Sides overcomes any shortcoming of its transition from stage to screen.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Schematic, didactic, and most of all, in the case of Keitel, woefully miscast.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
As food for thought, and as a showcase for two fine performances, it richly deserves viewing.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
We're asked to jump into the combatants' arguments with no background about either one, no reason to care if Skarsgard sweats or Keitel rages.
San Jose Mercury News
Glenn Lovell
Though obviously the project of an older director who now chooses to work in miniature, Taking Sides never feels talky or claustrophobic.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Illuminates brilliantly the dilemma of a great, world-renowned artist flourishing in a totalitarian regime.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
[Szabo's] best film in decades.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The movie's promise -- to provide a balanced argument -- goes unrealized, and all we're left with is the spectacle of an idiot bullying a genius.
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
Talky but intriguing drama.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The notions of the good man's complicity through inertia ... are ones that have been more powerfully explored before.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Stellan Skarsgard's deceptively low-key performance as the beleaguered musician pushes the emotional temperature to a quiet fever pitch, and raises fascinating questions about the moral predicament of cultural figures working under totalitarian regimes.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
The complexities of the subject matter are deftly and intelligently handled.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
... I am recommending this mainly for the two performances and some nice writing ...
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Director Istvan Szabo and Oscar-winning writer Ronald Harwood have fashioned a potent drama from Harwood's play.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
A dramatically compelling clash.
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