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The Last Musician of Auschwitz (Film)

When? 14 July 2025
Where? Weymouth Pavilion - Weymouth

  • The Last Musician of Auschwitz (Film)

Monday 14 July, 2pm
(Age rating: 15+)
All tickets £5

The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust.

An interview with the 99-year-old Lasker-Wallfisch, the only living survivor to have played in one of the camp orchestras, frames the documentary.

The film highlights the stories of three other musicians from all over Europe: showcased in a series of powerful performances. The film touches on themes of loss, longing and cultural memory and addresses head on the barbaric and murderous regime at the Nazis' most notorious death camp.

The film reflects on the power that music had during the War, amidst a cacophony of pain and degradation, offering a note of defiance and hope.

Age rating: 15+ - holocaust theme, images of real dead bodies
Duration: 91m

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Weymouth Pavilion

The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8ED, DT4 8ED

Tel: 01305 783225

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