Baal (1970)
January 7, 1970Release Date
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Where to Watch.
Currently Baal is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Baal
Sigi Graue
Ekart
Margarethe von Trotta
Sophie
Hanna Schygulla
Luise
Günther Neutze
Mech
Miriam Spoerri
Emilie Mech
Marian Seidowsky
Johannes
Irmgard Paulis
Johanna
Christine Schuberth
Stripperin Sabitka
Carla Egerer
Junges Weib
Walter Sedlmayr
Anwalt Pschierer
Wilmut Borell
Mjurk
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Erster Holzfäller
Günther Kaufmann
Kutscher Orgauer
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Johannes Buzalski
Penner bei Prozession
Hellmut Haffner
Producer
Michael Gempart
Mann mit Kamm
Peer Raben
Holzfäller mit rotem Hemd
Hans Prescher
Producer
Jean Launay
Mann mit Magengeschwür
Klaus Doldinger
Composer
Andrea Brüdern
Junge Dame
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Baal is a 1970 German television film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It is based on the 1923 play Baal by Bertolt Brecht. The film disappeared after Helene Weigel, Brecht's widow, saw it on television and demanded that it no longer be shown. Ethan Hawke asked Schlöndorff about seeing the film at the Cannes Film Festival, but Schlöndorff replied that he did not know where it was. Eventually the film was discovered in rusty, unmarked cans filed under S. At that point, the film was restored. It was given its first home video release by Criterion in 2018. The film did not make the 1919 play a period piece, and some of the interiors featured intentionally over-the-top colors. It was the first film Dietrich Lohmann shot in color. Margarethe von Trotta was the first actor cast. Fassbinder joined for the title role after Schlöndorff's first choice was unavailable. Much of the supporting cast and crew came from Fassbinder's company, whom he did not want to be put out of work by his absence.