The Silence Before Bach Explained

The Silence Before Bach
Director:	Pere Portabella
Screenplay:	Xavier Albertí Pere Portabella Carles Santos
Starring:	Àlex Brendemühl
Music:	Johann Sebastian Bach
Cinematography:	Tomas Pladevall
Editing:	Òskar Xabier Gómez
Country:	Spain

The Silence Before Bach, originally titled German: 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]

Notes and References

1. Scheib . Ronnie. The Silence Before Bach. 7 September 2023. . 29 January 2008.
2. News: van Hoeij . Boyd . Portabella’s variations on Bach . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2007.
3. Web site: The Silence Before Bach. Rotten Tomatoes. 7 September 2023.