Bach - A Christmas Miracle
90 mins
Leipzig, December 1734: Christmas brings the Bach family together. The first snow has fallen and the children Gottfried and Elisabeth are delighted about the arrival of their older brothers Friedemann and Emanuel. The Thomaskantor has retired to his music room. Anna Magdalena supports her husband, as there are only a few days left and his latest work, the six-part "Christmas Oratorio", must be finished on time. It is awaited with suspicion by the city council and the gentlemen of the consistory, who have long found Bach's waywardness a thorn in their side and fear that, after the premiere of the St. Matthew Passion a few years earlier, the St. Thomas Church will once again be filled with "operatic" music. With the oratorio, Johann Sebastian Bach hopes that he will finally become court composer in Dresden. And, as always, he demands that all members of the family join forces to help him. But differences of opinion are increasingly delaying the completion of Bach's most famous work.
German von Beug
Gottfried Bach
Victor Tahal
Christian Henrici
Sebastian Thiers
Beadle
Leopold Görsch
Thomaner Singer
Markus Schramm
Landlord
Sebastian Kowski
Tree Seller
Felix Rank
Secretary
Jürgen Haase
Stagecoach Carter
Aimée Straub
Maid
Alois Kreuzwieser
Advocate (uncredited)
Martina Eisenreich
Original Music Composer
Christoph Pellander
Commissioning Editor
Claudia Luzius
Commissioning Editor
Klaus Lintschinger
Commissioning Editor
Sven Döbler
Commissioning Editor
Sten Mende
Director of Photography
Veronika Albert
Costume Designer
Friederike Weymar
Editor
Pierre Pfundt
Production Design
Karsten Kilian
Production Manager
Roland Niko Venturas
Production Manager
Nicole Schmied
Casting Director
Franziska Lutz
Producer
Mario Krebs
Producer
Ernst Ludwig Ganzert
Producer
Jakob Pochlatko
Co-Producer
Dieter Pochlatko
Co-Producer
Daniela Mussgiller
Commissioning Editor
Amke Ferlemann
Commissioning Editor
Bettina Ricklefs
Commissioning Editor
Sergey Martynyuk
Sound
Elisabeth Fest
Property Master
Michael Stegmüller
Property Master
Michaela Payer
Makeup Designer
Marc Lubosch
Gaffer
Thomas Eirich-Schneider
Second Unit Director of Photography
Stefan Maitz
Assistant Camera
Andreas Watzek
Assistant Camera
Alexandra Vogt
Script Supervisor
Robert Obermair
First Assistant Director
Marion Grädler
Assistant Costume Designer
Philipp Dufft
Post Production Coordinator
Ricki Oelmack
Post Production Coordinator
Dirk Eickhoff
Unit Manager
Rainer Wöber
Unit Manager
Marcella Rafael
Line Producer
Alfred Strobl
Line Producer
Kirsten Frehse
Line Producer
Marianne Schüttner
Line Producer
Lukas Pavitsits
Line Producer
Tina Schröder
Executive Producer