Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub / Germany, Italy / 1967 / 93 min / German

A singular film about Johann Sebastian Bach, created by the auteur duo Straub and Huillet based on various literary sources, including the fictional diary of his second wife, Anna Magdalena.

cast Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang-Drewanz, Paolo Carlini, Ernst Castelli, Hans-Peter Boye, Joachim Wolf, Rainer Kirchner, Eckart Brüntjen, Walter Peters, Kathrien Leonhardt, Anja Fährmann, Katja Drewanz, Bob van Asperen, Andreas Pangritz, Bernd Weikl, Wolfgang Schöne, Karl-Heinz Lampe, Christa Degler, Karlheinz Klein

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