Gustav Leonhardt's turn of starring (as JS Bach himself) is in this movie, now on DVD
Jean-Marie Straub's "Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach" (1968 - around the time when Leonhardt and
Harnoncourt launched their integral recording of Bach Sacred Cantatas?)
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http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/chronicleanna.php (http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/chronicleanna.php)
http://www.filmreference.com/Films-Chr-Czl/Chronik-der-Anna-Magdalena-Bach.html (http://www.filmreference.com/Films-Chr-Czl/Chronik-der-Anna-Magdalena-Bach.html)
http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/chronicle-of-anna-magdalena-bach/3387 (http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/chronicle-of-anna-magdalena-bach/3387)
(Nikolaus Harnoncourt plays Leopold, Prince of Anthalt-Cöthen ;D Bob van Asperen plays
one of JSB's cousins - It's like a masked ball for the Harpsichord Brigade.) Hip hip
hurrah! A must-see! ;D
Yes, a great movie, and not only because of the music. To me, one of the two best movies about a composer (the other is "Tous les matins du monde" about Marais and Sainte-Colombe). The exact opposite of movies like Amadeus or that "thing" where Gary Oldman makes a clown of Beethoven.
Thank you for the followup! ;D
Just ordered it and safely put it at the top of my queue, thanks.
But...can they act?!
Quote from: The Mad Hatter on June 05, 2007, 05:39:15 PM
But...can they act?!
They PLAY! ;D
OK...this one is superbly ACTed, but it is about LvB instead..
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Un grand amour de Beethoven
Harry Baur: Beethoven
Jean-Louis Barrault: Karl
dir. Abel Gance