Orchestra of Exiles
October 16, 2022
The thrilling story of how one man, one Polish violinist, helped save Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis.
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Orchestra of Exiles explores Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman 4-year odyssey, which culminates in the founding of the orchestra that would become the Israel Philharmonic. Huberman's personal transformation and subsequent heroic struggle to get Jewish musicians out of Europe to found this orchestra will be at the heart of this film.
- Director: Josh Aronson
- Principal Cast: Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Geno Lechner
- Country: USA
- Year: 2012
- Running Time: 85 min.
- Language: English