Jagged Harmonies

  • a film by Dominique de Rivaz
  • Feature film
  • 99 min
  • 2003

May 1747, the old Johann Sebastian Bach meets the young king Friedrich II. The two baroque celebrities experience together a week full of amusing and also painful father-son-conflicts. A fight of the titans, that leads to a funny chaos in the family Bach as well as in the castle of Potsdam.

Info

  • Genre

    • Historical Drama / Musical Film / Artist Drama

  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / Switzerland

  • Language

    • German

  • World premiere

    • 8th August 2003 – IFF Locarno

  • German cinema release

    • 4th April 2004

  • a production by

    • Twenty Twenty Vision, Pandora Filmproduktion CAB Productions S.A.

  • in co-production with

    • WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Télévision Suisse Romabde (TSR), SRG SSR IDÉE SUISSE, ARTE

  • with the support of

    • Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, MDM, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI) Schweiz, Kulturfonds Suissimage, Kanton Bern, Stadt Bern – Abteilung für Kultur, Canton du Valais, Fondation Leenaards, Succès Cinéma, Fonds Regio Films

  • World Sales

    • BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL

  • Distribution

    • Pegasos Film
Synopsis

May 1747, the old Johann Sebastian Bach meets the young king Friedrich II. The two baroque celebrities experience together a week full of amusing and also painful father-son-conflicts. A fight of the titans, that leads to a funny chaos in the family Bach as well as in the castle of Potsdam.

Cast

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    • Vadim Glowna

  • Frederick II

    • Jürgen Vogel

  • Princess Amalie

    • Karoline Herfurth

  • Friedemann Bach

    • Anatole Taubman

  • Emanuel Bach

    • Paul Herwig

  • Johanna Bach

    • Antje Westermann

  • Lakai Stumm

    • Bernard Liegme

  • Secretary Goltz

    • Gilles Tschudi

  • Professor Quantz

    • Philippe Vuilleumier
Crew

  • Written by

    • Dominique de Rivaz, Jean-Luc Bourgeois, Leo Raat

  • Directed by

    • Dominique de Rivaz

  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos, Karl Baumgartner, Gerard Ruey, Jean-Luis Porchet, Uta Ganschow

  • Director of photography

    • Ciro Capellari

  • Editor

    • Isabelle Meyer

  • Set design

    • Lother Holler

  • Music

    • Frederic Devreese

  • Mixing Engineer

    • Francois Musy, Gabriel Hafner
Festivals
  • Int. Filmfestival Locarno / Piazza Grande – world premiere
  • ...selected to represent Switzerland at the Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category.
  • Festival of German Film in Paris
  • Talinn Black Nights
  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize
  • IFF Mar del Plata
  • Intl. Berlin Film Festival
  • Festival International du film d’Amour de Mons
  • Seattle IFF
  • Shanghai IFF
  • IFF in Sochi
Awards
  • Best Feature Film / Swiss Film Award
  • Best Supporting Act (Gilles Tschudi) / Swiss Film Award

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