Nazi-proofing an opera festival? Reinhardt's chaotic good origin story.
A documentary about how the Salzburger Festspiele came to be and evolved almost 100 years ago.
Production
Recreated 1920s performances with delicious period detail.
Acting
Teichtmeister's Reinhardt steals every reenacted scene.
Director
Beate Thalberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Festspiele was conceived in 1917 as morale-boosting propaganda during WWI, then became anti-fascist exile art.
Max Reinhardt's actual Schloss Leopoldskron—where they shot The Sound of Music—appears in reenactments. Meta overload.
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