Baal (2004)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Baal |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Uwe Janson |
| script | Uwe Janson |
| production |
Christian Rohde for ZDF theaterkanal / ARTE / teamWorx |
| music | Oliver Biehler |
| camera | Christopher Rowe |
| cut | Florian Drechsler |
| occupation | |
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Baal is a TV movie by Uwe Janson from the year 2004 . It is based on the play of the same name by Bertolt Brecht .
action
Baal is a life-hungry young musician who writes his own lyric texts and who has received a lot of recognition in artistic circles. He behaves accordingly eccentrically. He drinks a lot of alcohol, smokes and doesn't take women very seriously either. An old workshop serves as a rehearsal room, where he plays music with his friends and while away the time. Whenever he thinks of new texts, he simply writes them on the wall.
In the course of his women’s stories, one day he takes a complete stranger, dark-skinned young woman into his accommodation. Sophie seems fascinated by Baal, just as he is inspired by her for new poetry. Since he now has a steadfast lover and needs money, he turns to John, who gives him a commitment. Baal enjoys the time with Sophie, but soon gets into an argument with John. Baal, who otherwise determines his daily routine himself, is now forced to adhere to fixed rules. That is obviously difficult for him. During one of the evening performances, he provokes the audience and leaves the bar. He flees to Ekart, his best friend. But John sent the police after him and locked him up. In the cell, a clergyman tries to show him the right way to save his soul, but Baal doesn't want to know about it. Meanwhile, Ekart is having fun with Sophie, since Baal asked him to because he has grown tired of her. Although Sophie is now pregnant by Baal, he leaves her and travels through the country with Ekart. In the forest they meet three lumberjacks who mourn their dead colleague Teddy, who has just been killed by an oak tree. After intensive conversation and arguments with them, he moves on with Ekart and they enjoy the sunny day. Baal is happy to feel the sun on his skin and to be able to breathe, only hunger plagues both of them. But that doesn't stop them from having fun and drinking beer. For the night they look for accommodation in a shelter for the homeless. While talking to the residents, the beggar Beggar predicts a misfortune for him. The homeless Gougou also talks about death that it is actually paradise to finally have everything behind you. Baal wants to move on immediately, but Ekart wants to stay and eat his fill first. The next day she leads her way through a forest to a village where a festival is being celebrated. Baal immediately throws himself into the dance crowd and Ekart only has eyes for a girl. Nevertheless, they move on, dream through the day and get physically close. In his poetic phases Baal philosophizes over and over again about death.
In a pub they meet with Luisa and Johanna, who is now a rich widow. They drink together all evening and exchange their fantasies. Baal and Ekart initially play and fight with each other, as they have done very often. But Baal fatally injures his friend with a knife, whereupon he too is injured and escapes into a forest hut. In his death madness he sees the three woodcutters in front of him. He asks that they stay with him. He doesn't want to die alone. But they don't care and disappear again. With the last of his strength, Baal dragged himself in front of the hut and died in the open air.
Production notes
Baal was shot in Berlin , in the Harz Mountains and in Märkische Schweiz . The film premiered on February 15, 2004 at the Berlin International Film Festival .
criticism
“An ambitious film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's eponymous play about a young artist who is revered as a genius, but who wants to avoid being appropriated by the art business and who, through his lust for life, not only destroys women, friends and patrons, but ultimately also ruins them, has been transformed into the present oneself."
"Amazing: Brecht still rocks!"
Web links
- Baal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Baal at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Start dates for Baal . In: IMDb.de. Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Baal. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Baal at TV Spielfilm.de. Retrieved August 13, 2014.