Crónica de Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
Primer largometraje realizado por la pareja de directores Straub y Huillet. Presenta una biografía de Bach, pero no hay una recreación dramática: los documentos, la narración del diario de su mujer y, ante todo, su música, interpretada en escena por músicos vestidos de época, lo dicen todo. Según Straub, la idea era crear un film en el que la música fuera utilizada no como acompañamiento ni como comentario, sino como materia estética. Gustav Leonhart, el conocido intérprete de clavicordio, interpreta el papel de Bach.
Dirección: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub.
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Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach |
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Paolo Carlini as Hölzel |
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Ernst Castelli as Steger |
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Hans-Peter Boye as Born |
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Joachim Wolff as Rector |
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Rainer Kirchner as Superintendent |
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Eckart Bruntjen as Prefect Kittler |
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Walter Peters as Prefect Krause |
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Kathrien Leonhard as Catherina Dorothea Bach |
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Anja Fahrmann as Regine Susanna Bach |
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Katja Drewanz as Christine Sophie Henrietta Bach |
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Bob van Asperen as Johann Elias Bach |
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Andreas Pangritz as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach |
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt as Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen |
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Hellmuth Costard as Rector Ernesti |
| Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
| Writing | Danièle Huillet | Writer |
| Writing | Jean-Marie Straub | Writer |
| Camera | Saverio Diamante | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lucien Moreau | Sound |
| Camera | Ugo Piccone | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
| Production | Jean-Marie Straub | Producer |
| Production | Danièle Huillet | Producer |
| Production | Franz Seitz | Producer |
| Production | Gian Vittorio Baldi | Producer |