The Silence Before Bach
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.
Director: Pere Portabella
Writer: Xavier Albertí
Writer: Pere Portabella
Writer: Carles Santos
Cast
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
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