CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Original title)CRONACA DI ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Alternative title)CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Alternative title)ANNA MAGDELENA BACH (Alternative title)
Date: 1968 (Release)Countries: Federal Republic of Germany, ItalyDirector: Jean-Marie Straub
Synopsis: The life of Johann Sebastian Bach as seen through the eyes of his second wife, Anna Magdalena. She recounts episodes of their life, interspersed with performances of Bach's music, scenes of his conflict with his patrons and of his family life. Her account ends with Bach's death.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Date: 1968 (Release)Countries: Federal Republic of Germany, ItalyDirector: Jean-Marie Straub
Synopsis: The life of Johann Sebastian Bach as seen through the eyes of his second wife, Anna Magdalena. She recounts episodes of their life, interspersed with performances of Bach's music, scenes of his conflict with his patrons and of his family life. Her account ends with Bach's death.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Credits
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Production Company: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Production Company: IDI Cinematografica, Production Company: Straub-Huillet, Production Company: Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Production Company: Hessischer Rundfunk, Production Company: Filmfonds, Production Company: Telepool, Production Company: RAI, Producer: Gian Vittorio Baldi, Production Manager: Danièle Huillet, Production Assistant: Georg Föcking, Production Assistant: Aldo Passalacqua, Production Assistant: Joachim Wolf, [Production Assistant]: Horst Winter, Günter Maag, Technician: Hans Eberle, Technician: Max Jörg, Technician: Walter Eder, Max Strobl, Screenplay: Jean-Marie Straub, Screenplay: Danièle Huillet, Photography: Ugo Piccone, Photography: Saverio Diamanti, Photography: Giovanni Canfarelli, [Camera Assistant]: Hans Kracht, Uwe Radom, [Special Effects]: Thomas Hartwig, Editor: Danièle Huillet, Costumes: Casa D'Arte Firenze, Costumes: Vera Poggioni, Costumes: Renata Morroni, Wigs: Parrucche Rocchetti, Todero Guerrino, Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, [Sound Recordist]: Paul Schöler, Sound: Louis Hochet, Sound: Lucien Moreau
Cast
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Concentus Musicus, Gustav Leonhardt (Johann Sebastian Bach), Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Christiane Lang (Anna Magdalena Bach), Hanover Boys' Choir, Paolo Carlini (Hölzel), Ernst Castelli (Steger), Hans-Peter Boye (Born), Joachim Wolf (the rector), Rainer Kirchner (the superintendent), Eckart Brüntjen (Prefect Kittler), Walter Peters (Prefect Krause), Kathrien Leonhardt (Catharina Dorothea Bach), Anja Fährmann (Regine Susanna Bach), Katja Drewanz (Christine Sophie Henrietta Bach), Bob van Asperen (Johann Elias Bach), Andreas Pangritz (Wilhelm Friedmann Bach), Bernd Weikl (singer in Cantata No. 205), Wolfgang Schöne (singer in Cantata No. 82), KarL-Heinz Lampe (singer in Cantata No. 42), Christa Degler (voice of A.M. Bach in Cantata No. 244a), Karl-Heinz Klein (bass voice for duet in Cantata No. 140), Nikolaus Harnoncourt ([The Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen]), Bernhard Wehle ([soprano voice in cantata No. 140])