The Silence Before Bach
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2007-12-21
Runtime: 102 mins
Director: Pere Portabella
Writer: Xavier Albertí, Pere Portabella, Carles Santos
Spoken language: Català, Deutsch, Italiano, Français, Español
Genres: Music
Original title: The Silence Before Bach
Production Companies: Films 59
Production Countries: Spain
Cast
Christian Atanasiu
Féodor Atkine
Georg Christoph Biller
Christian Brembeck
Àlex Brendemühl
Georgina Cardona
Lucien Dekoster
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
José Pedro García Balada
Gertrud Kossler
Bert Kripstädt
Lina Lambert
Daniel Ligorio
Jordi Llordella
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