''Johann Sebastian Bach'' is an
East German miniseries
A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...
which originally aired in four episodes on
DDR 1 in 1985.
[Klossner p. 97] It was produced to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the
baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Selected cast
*
Ulrich Thein as Johann Sebastian Bach
*
Angelika Waller as
Maria Barbara Bach
*
Franziska Troegner as
Anna Magdalena Bach
Anna Magdalena Bach (née Wilcke or Wilcken) (22 September 1701 – 22 February 1760) was a professional singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Biography
Anna Magdalena Wilcke was born at Zeitz, in the Electorate of Saxony.
Whi ...
* Rosemarie Bärhold as Liese
* as
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
*
Hans-Peter Minetti as
Christian Friedrich Henrici
Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig.
Henrici was born in Stolpen. He stud ...
* as
Johann Matthias Gesner
*
András Kozák as
Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
* Yvetta Kornová as Catharina Dorothea Bach
References
Bibliography
* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0089379
Film details bach-cantatas.com
1985 German television series debuts
1985 German television series endings
1980s drama television series
German-language television shows
German biographical films
1980s biographical films
Television series set in the 18th century
Biographical television series
Cultural depictions of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...
1980s German films