Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach
- 1968
- 1h 34m
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The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.
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Certainly not 'a biopic', either of the composer or of his wife, who narrates most of it, Huillet and Straub's film "Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach" concentrates almost entirely on Bach's music, of which we hear a great deal, and is told in what really amounts to a series of tableaux of said music being performed, interspersed with stills of journal pages, sheet music, drawings etc. It takes around forty minutes for Bach himself to speak and for 'the actors' to appear. It is, in other words, not so much a film as an illustrated album of some of Bach's greatest hits and is either a source of great pleasure to lovers of his work or the most boring film ever made, (you might prefer simply to listen to the recordings). Of course, lacking in 'dramatic' structure it may also be the greatest film 'about' a classical composer ever made since the directors let nothing stand in the way of the music. In some quarters, I have seen it described as a masterpiece.
- MOscarbradley
- May 8, 2019
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- TriviaGustav Leonhardt portrays Bach in his only performance as an actor. He is a music scholar of International renown, specialized in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a harpsichord virtuoso whose Bach recordings (both as harpsichord player and conductor) are among the finest to be found in recording History.
- ConnectionsEdited into Wrong Move (1975)
- SoundtracksBrandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050 - Allegro I
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- Gross US & Canada
- $17,527
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,453
- Mar 4, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $19,112
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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