Joseph Schmidt

Music Documentary / 55 min / 2004
The story of Jewish tenor Joseph Schmidt whose voice touched millions in the early Thirties. When Germany voted Hitler into power, Schmidt had to flee. He died in Switzerland at the age of 38.
Directed by Marieke Schroeder
Produced by PARS MEDIA
Co-Produced by SF, ZDF/3sat, ORF, VRT, and YLE
Supported by Media+
WWW.PARSMEDIA.COM

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Joseph
• Schmidt
• PARS
• MEDIA
• Marieke
• Schroeder
• tenor
• jew
• classical
• music
• documentary

[suiram85]

please, does anyone know if the complete film can be obtained anywhere? What a voice, what a musician, what a Jew, what a man? The finest that can be.

[ludwigdahlem]

You find it as a bonus in a Joseph Schmidt DVD box with Eidition Salzgeber.

[LYRICTENORHIGHF]

m y favorite Tenor the real King of HIGH Cs!

[madisonelectronic]

Another reason to dispise Nazis and other vermin.

[letsphilosophize]

When he starts singing at 3:50, I smile spontaneously. I'm completely in love with his voice. If there was one thing I could ask to God, it would be to bring this man back. Pure and beautiful.

[Tenortalker]

This wonderful tenor is known to lovers of classical singing. His would be a great story for a film and this could then bring that unique voice to a wider contemporary audience.

[brioma1]

wenn es möglich wäre - eine deutsche übersetzung wäre gut. meine englischkenntnisse sind zu gering um das dokument komplett zu verstehen

[giancarloguerrero]

@kfarm2001 no, he would rather have our people scattered without a country so we can be persecuted and completely killed off. Were talking about a holocaust victim here, he knows more than anyone how crucial it is for the Hebrews to have their own state to avoid our genocide.

[austria4you]

I think you are not related to Schmidt because you don't know enough about him. Yes, he flied the Nazis and went to Switzerland, but he died in SWITZERLAND in a camp, where he simply was neglected. Shame on Switzerland!

[DogKata]

Does anyone know how to access the full 55 minute version of this documentary?

[kfarm2001]

I don't believe he would have approved of the behaviour of the zionist state.