The Silence Before Bach
7.3
|Music
2007-12-21
102 mins
The Plot
This latest feature from the eccentrically experimental Catalan director Portabella is 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.
Cast and Crew
Christian Atanasiu
Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine
Vendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph Biller
Self
Christian Brembeck
J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl
Camioner
Georgina Cardona
Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster
Afinador de Pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
Amazona
José Pedro García Balada
Gertrud Kossler
Clienta
Bert Kripstädt
Camarero
Lina Lambert
Madre de Mendelssohn
Daniel Ligorio
F. Mendelssohn
Jordi Llordella
Amigo de Mendelssohn
Ferrán Ruiz
Hijo de Bach
Thomas Sauerteig
Amigo de la Violonchelista
Franz Schuchart
Guía Turístico
Antonio Serrano
Acompañante del Camionero
Fanny Silvestre
Anna Magdalena Bach
Mariona Solanas
Hija de Bach
Àlvar Triay
Camionero del Bar
Daniela Wick
Descendiente de Bach
Jens Wittwer
Hijo Mayor de Bach