Overview
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Friedemann Bach
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Mark Lothar
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Walter Pindter
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Helmut BrandisScreenplay
- Ludwig MetzgerAuthor
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 25, 1941
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Gustaf GründgensWilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wolfgang LiebeneinerCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Eugen KlöpferJohann Sebastian Bach
Leny MarenbachAntonia Kollowrat
Camilla HornMariella Fiorini
Gustav KnuthJohann Christoph Altnikol
Franz SchafheitlinSekretär Siepmann
Paul BildtMusikalienhändler Lohmann
Albert FlorathGastwirt in Dresden
Franz ArzdorfKammerherr am königlichen Hof in Dresden
Johannes RiemannHeinrich Graf von Brühl
Hermine KörnerGräfin Kollowrat
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