The Silence Before Bach
2007This 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.
Acted in
Christian Atanasiu
as Mayordomo
Féodor Atkine
as Vendedor de Pianos
Georg Christoph Biller
as Self
Christian Brembeck
as J. S. Bach
Àlex Brendemühl
as Camioner
Georgina Cardona
as Violonchelista
Lucien Dekoster
as Afinador de Pianos
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
as Amazona
José Pedro García Balada
Gertrud Kossler
as Clienta
Bert Kripstädt
as Camarero
Lina Lambert
as Madre de Mendelssohn
Daniel Ligorio
as F. Mendelssohn
Jordi Llordella
as Amigo de Mendelssohn
Ferrán Ruiz
as Hijo de Bach
Thomas Sauerteig
as Amigo de la Violonchelista
Franz Schuchart
as Guía Turístico
Antonio Serrano
as Acompañante del Camionero
Fanny Silvestre
as Anna Magdalena Bach
Mariona Solanas
as Hija de Bach
Àlvar Triay
as Camionero del Bar
Daniela Wick
as Descendiente de Bach
Jens Wittwer
as Hijo Mayor de Bach
Johannes Zametzer
as Carnicero