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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Bernd Weikl as Singer in Cantata No. 205 |
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Wolfgang Schöne as Singer in Cantata No. 82 |
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Karl-Heinz Lampe as Singer in Cantata No. 42 |
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Bernhard Wehle as Treble Voice in Cantata No. 140 |
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Christa Degler as Anna Magdalena Bach in Cantata No. 244 (voice) |
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Karl-Heinz Klein as Bass Voice in Cantata No. 140 |
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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 |
| Sound | Lucien Moreau | Sound |
| Sound | Louis Hochet | Sound |
| Production | Franz Seitz | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Marie Straub | Producer |
| Production | Gian Vittorio Baldi | Producer |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
| Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
| Camera | Ugo Piccone | Director of Photography |
| Production | Danièle Huillet | Producer |
| Art | Danièle Huillet | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Marzot | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guerrino Todero | Hairstylist |
| Production | Günther Maag | Unit Manager |
| Production | Horst Winter | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Paul Schöler | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Saverio Diamante | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Hans Eberle | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Thomas Hartwig | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Max Jörg | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Hans Kracht | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Uwe Radom | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Conductor |
| Sound | Gustav Leonhardt | Musician |
| Sound | Bernhard Wehle | Vocals |
| Sound | August Wenzinger | Conductor |
| Production | Georg Föcking | Production Assistant |
| Production | Aldo U. Passalacqua | Production Assistant |