Philharmonic (German: Philharmoniker) is a 1944 German romantic musical drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Will Quadflieg and Irene von Meyendorff. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Franz F. Fürst. Produced at the height of the Second World War, it incorporated footage of the Berlin Philharmonic's tour of neutral Portugal and Spain.
In the early 1930s during the Weimar Republic the Berlin Philharmonic is struggling for funds due to the Great Depression Violinist Alexander Schonath disappoints his father, one of the longest-serving members of the Philharmonic, by leaving to join a light music orchestra. On the way to his eventual reconciliation with his father, he begins a romance with Maria.