The Silence Before Bach

The Silence Before Bach

2007/12/21 • Released • Catalan, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Music
7.0
1h 42m

Overview

A beautiful, sometimes faintly bonkers celebration and contemplation of the role Bach’s music plays in the world today. Blending historical reconstruction with very loosely linked ‘dramatic’ scenes and documentary sequences, the film constitutes a playful, painterly sequence of variations on the argument that Johann Sebastian changed the way the world hears thanks to his extraordinary ear for harmony.

Director : Pere Portabella

Casts

Christian Atanasiu

Mayordomo

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Vendedor de Pianos

Georg Christoph Biller

Self

Christian Brembeck

J. S. Bach

Àlex Brendemühl

Àlex Brendemühl

Camioner

Georgina Cardona

Violonchelista

Lucien Dekoster

Afinador de Pianos

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat

Amazona

José Pedro García Balada

Gertrud Kossler

Clienta

Bert Kripstädt

Camarero

Lina Lambert

Lina Lambert

Madre de Mendelssohn

Daniel Ligorio

F. Mendelssohn

Jordi Llordella

Amigo de Mendelssohn

Ferrán Ruiz

Hijo de Bach

Thomas Sauerteig

Thomas Sauerteig

Amigo de la Violonchelista

Franz Schuchart

Guía Turístico

Antonio Serrano

Acompañante del Camionero

Fanny Silvestre

Anna Magdalena Bach

Mariona Solanas

Hija de Bach

Àlvar Triay

Àlvar Triay

Camionero del Bar

Daniela Wick

Descendiente de Bach

Jens Wittwer

Hijo Mayor de Bach

Johannes Zametzer

Carnicero

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