Films by Bettina Ehrhardt

Germany 2020, 56 min
by Bettina Ehrhardt

In Post-war Germany of 1945, even music went back to square one: New sounds were to make the Germans better people, according to the plans of the Allies. With their support, musicians went back to those sounds that had been forbidden by the Nazis. Atonal and twelve-tone music was now on the concert programs, including contemporary music hailing from the occupying powers' countries. However, with the beginning of the Cold War and the division of Europe into East and West, a change sets in: Music,

Germany 2015, 46 min
by Björn Jensen

During the Second World War thousands of women in Asia were forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers. Some of them were still teenagers. They were raped, often beaten and abused. The Japanese called them 'ianfu' or Comfort Women. After the war the survivors struggled to continue with their lives, hiding what many considered to be a 'shame'. After having been silent for more than 50 years they have started to tell their stories. Until today, they are waiting for an adequate compensatio

Germany 2010, 97 min
by Bettina Ehrhardt

Celebrate music with music! Bettina Ehrhardt’s film follows conductor Kent Nagano and the Orchestra symphonique de Montréal in its 75th season with an exceptional display of music and concert tours: From the Inuit in Northern Quebec and a concert for throatsingers and orchestra to Paris with Gustav Mahler’s Lied von der Erde, from the great symphonic tradition of Bruckner and Beethoven to one of the masterpieces of the 20th century, Olivier Messiaen’s Opera Saint François d’Assise. Kent Nagano