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J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend
Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach
20031h 45m5.7out of 106 votes
A dramatic exploration of the life and struggles of the great composer, J.S. Bach, from his orphaning at the age of nine, through his struggles for the freedom to compose music in a restrictive society, to his eventual recognition after death.
Directed by Jean-Louis Guillermou
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Cast
Christian Vadim
Jean-Sébastien Bach
Elena Lenina
Anna Magdalena Bach
Frédérique Bel
Maria Barbara Bach
Jean Rochefort
Narrator (voice)
Cédric Vallet
Jean-Christophe Bach
Daniel Duault
Le duc de Weimar
Gwenaël Foucher
Jean-Sébastien Bach enfant
Alain Floret
Monsieur Buxtehüde
Jean Léger
Le pasteur d'Arnstadt
Raphaëlle Lenoble
Alexandra Buxtehüde
Annette Schreiber
Margaretha Bach
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