The Silence Before Bach

The Silence Before Bach
Directed by	Pere Portabella
Screenplay by	Xavier Albertí Pere Portabella Carles Santos
Starring	Àlex Brendemühl
Cinematography	Tomàs Pladevall
Edited by	Òskar Xabier Gómez
Music by	Johann Sebastian Bach
Release date	2007 (2007)
Country	Spain

The Silence Before Bach, originally titled Die Stille vor Bach, is a 2007 Spanish musical drama film co-written and directed by Pere Portabella about the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach. ^[1]

The film premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival. ^[2]

Cast

• Àlex Brendemühl as the truck driver
• Christian Brembeck as J. S. Bach
• Féodor Atkine as the piano seller
• George-Christoph Biller as the cantor of St. Thomas
• Georgina Cardona as the cellist
• Lucien Dekoster as the piano tuner
• Beatriz Ferrer-Salat as the Amazon
• Fanny Silvestre as Anna Magdalena Bach
• Daniel Ligorio as Felix Mendelssohn
• Lina Lambert as Mendelssohn's mother

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 84% approval rating based on 19 reviews. ^[3]

References

1. Scheib, Ronnie (29 January 2008). "The Silence Before Bach". Variety . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. van Hoeij, Boyd (7 September 2007). "Portabella's variations on Bach". Cineuropa . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
3. "The Silence Before Bach". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 7 September 2023.

External links

• The Silence Before Bach at IMDb