CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (1968) was the debut feature of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, and “the strangest and most uncompromising of all musician biopics… [It] disregards most conventions of costume drama to ask some very human questions about history, [and] what it takes to be an artist.” — Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
The 50th anniversary restoration is playing an exclusive engagement at the Quad Cinema.
CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH, through Thursday, March 22.
QUAD CINEMA, 34 West 13th Street, New York City.
Above: Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub shooting Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach.
Below: Christiane Lang in the title role.
