| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet |
| Written by | Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet |
| Produced by | Gian Vittorio Baldi Jean-Luc Godard Jacques Rivette |
| Starring | Gustav Leonhardt Christiane Lang |
| Cinematography | Ugo Piccone Saverio Diamante Giovanni Canfarelli Modica |
| Edited by | Danièle Huillet Jean-Marie Straub |
| Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (German: Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach) is a 1968 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It was their first full-length feature film, and reportedly took a decade to finance. The film stars renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach and Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach. The orchestral music was performed by Concentus Musicus and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. It is the first of several Straub-Huillet films to be based on works of classical music. The film was entered in the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Though, as on all of their films, Straub and Huillet contributed to the film equally, Straub is the officially credited director.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-01.