Eugene Drucker

Keller is a violinist unable to fight fo his country because of a weak heart. He is performing for soldiers who are convalescing in hospitals. But one day he is picked up by the SS and delivered to a concentration camp and asked to be part of an experiment. Can classical music revive the spirits of a select group of concentration camp victims? Keller agrees to this plan aware that he really has no choice. This story is combined with interludes from Keller's past - his growing closeness and developing romantic interest in Marietta a fellow musician and a Jew. Keller plays his music to the prisoners hoping he can save them but not all of them want to be saved. There is also the character of Rudi a guard who loves classical music, and has very mixed feelings about the Jew and what he is doing there. Keller sooon discovers what is happening at the camp but has no choice but to keep playing and what happens at the end of the concert has devastating consequences for both him and his audience.… (más)