The Silence Before Bach
2007 · 102 min
Music
★ 6.8A 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.
Crew
- Director Pere Portabella
- Writer Carles Santos
- Writer Pere Portabella
- Writer Xavier Albertí
- Director of Photography Tomàs Pladevall
Cast
- C
Christian Atanasiu
Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine
Vendedor de Pianos
- G
Georg Christoph Biller
Self
- C
Christian Brembeck
J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl
Camioner
- G
Georgina Cardona
Violonchelista
- L
Lucien Dekoster
Afinador de Pianos
- B
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
Amazona
- J
José Pedro García Balada
- G
Gertrud Kossler
Clienta
- B
Bert Kripstädt
Camarero
Lina Lambert
Madre de Mendelssohn
Crew
- Director — Pere Portabella
- Writer — Carles Santos
- Writer — Pere Portabella
- Writer — Xavier Albertí
- Director of Photography — Tomàs Pladevall
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