Drama · Germany · 1970 · 1h 24m

Baal

Baal poster

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Baal Sigi Graue as Ekart Margarethe von Trotta as Sophie Günther Neutze as Nech Hanna Schygulla as Luise Marian Seidowsky as Johannes

Crew

Dietrich Lohmann — Director of Photography Peter Ettengruber — Editor Klaus Doldinger — Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff — Screenplay Bertolt Brecht — Story Volker Schlöndorff — Producer

Synopsis

An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

Mood & Themes

bourgeoisie based on play or musical morality outsider social outcast fringe

Key Collaborators

Volker Schlöndorff Director Dietrich Lohmann Director of Photography Peter Ettengruber Editor Klaus Doldinger Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff Screenplay Bertolt Brecht Story Volker Schlöndorff Producer Hellmut Haffner Producer Hans Prescher Producer

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