Baruto no Gakuen
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| Directed by | Masanobu Deme |
| Produced by | Noriko Koyanagi |
| Starring | Ken Matsudaira Jun Kunimura Hiroshi Abe Bruno Ganz Oliver Bootz Kostja Ullmann |
| Edited by | Motomu Furuta |
| Music by | Shin-ichiro Ikebe |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Countries | Japan Germany |
| Languages | Japanese German |
Baruto no Gakuen (バルトの楽園) or Ode to Joy is a 2006 Japanese film directed by Masanobu Deme[1] and starring Bruno Ganz and Ken Matsudaira.[2] It is based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I and depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture in Japan.[3]
The film, which explores the cultural interactions between the prisoners and the Japanese,[4] is also called "The Bearded Orchestra". This title was derived from the Bandō camp's commandant, Toyohisa Matsue, who was noted for his "imposing" Wilhelmine beard.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "- Götterfunken und Kirschblüten". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ Johnston, Eric (2014-06-16). "Japan's gambit in WWI set stage for a dark future". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ Kovner, Sarah (2020). Prisoners of the Empire. Harvard University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-674-73761-7.
- ^ Burgschwentner, Joachim; Egger, Matthias; Barth-Scalmani, Gunda (2014). Other Fronts, Other Wars?: First World War Studies on the Eve of the Centennial. Leiden: BRILL. p. 144. ISBN 978-90-04-24365-1.
- ^ Vieser, Michaela (December 20, 2018). "Japan und Deutschland - Wie Beethoven alle verbindet". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
External links
- Official website archived from the original on 12 February 2008
- Ode an die Freude (in German)
- Baruto no Gakuen (2006) at IMDb