The Silence Before Bach
2007 Spanish drama film
The Silence Before Bach | |
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Directed by | Pere Portabella |
Screenplay by | Xavier Albertí Pere Portabella Carles Santos |
Starring | Àlex Brendemühl |
Cinematography | Tomas Pladevall |
Edited by | Òskar Xabier Gómez |
Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Release date | 2007 |
Country | Spain |
The Silence Before Bach, originally titled Die Stille vor Bach, is a 2007 Spanish musical drama film co-written and directed by Pere Portabella about the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach.[1]
The film premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Cast
- Àlex Brendemühl as the truck driver
- Christian Brembeck as J. S. Bach
- Féodor Atkine as the piano seller
- George-Christoph Biller as the cantor of St. Thomas
- Georgina Cardona as the cellist
- Lucien Dekoster as the piano tuner
- Beatriz Ferrer-Salat as the Amazon
- Fanny Silvestre as Anna Magdalena Bach
- Daniel Ligorio as Felix Mendelssohn
- Lina Lambert as Mendelssohn's mother [de]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 84% approval rating based on 19 reviews.[3]
References
External links
- The Silence Before Bach at IMDb