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Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach / von Danièle Huillet und Jean-Marie Straub ; Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Gianvittorio Baldi IDI Cinematografica [and 4 others] ; Produktionsleitung, Danièle Huillet.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750--Drama.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Bach, Anna Magdalena, 1701-1760--Drama.
- Bach, Anna Magdalena.
- Bach, Anna Magdalena, 1701-1760.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
- Composers--Germany--Biography--Drama.
- Composers.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Historical films.
- Musical films.
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- English title on container and disc label: Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Grasshopper Film, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In German and English; optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The life and work of renowned 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach are traced in this stirring biodrama. Narrated by Bach's wife Anna, the film is mostly comprised of set pieces in which Bach performs many of his works.
- Participant:
- Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Ernst Castelli, Hans-Peter Boye, Joachim Wolf.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Ugo Piccone, Saverio Diamanti, Giovanni Canfarelli ; editors, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach ; performers, Concentus Musicus (orchestra), Konzertgruppe der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Knabenchor Hannover (choir).
- Notes:
- Title and credits from screen.
- Based on the diary of Anna Magdalena Bach.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
- New restoration.
- Special features: Jean-Marie Straub introduces Chronicle at the Swiss Film Archive; interview with actress Christiane Lang Drewanz; "The cinema of Straub & Huillet", an introduction by author Alicia Malone; "Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter" = "The bridegroom, the actress and the pimp", a short film by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet featuring Rainer Werner Fassbinder; "La madre" = "The mother", a short film by Jean-Marie Straub; theatrical trailer.
- Contains:
- Container of: Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (Motion picture)
- OCLC:
- 1080352446
- Publisher Number:
- 853294007275
- GF017 Grasshopper Film
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