Biography
film director
Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub (Metz, France, 1933) worked as an assistant to the film directors Robert Bresson, Abel Gance, Jean Renoir and Jacques Rivette. In 1963, he and Danièle Huillet, who became his companion in life and work, made their first film together, Machorka - Muff, based on a story by Heinrich Böll. They made their first feature-length film, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 1968. Since then, they have directed over thirty films, taking on writers like Friedrich Hölderlin and Cesare Pavese. The 2006 Venice Film Festival awarded them a special Lion for innovation in film language.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Machorka - Muff (coregia/codirector Danièle Huillet, cm, 1963), Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (Cronaca di Anna Magdalena Bach, coregia/codirectorDanièle Huillet, 1968), Moses und Aaron (Mosè e Aronne, coregia/codirectorDanièle Huillet, 1975), Dalla nube alla resistenza (coregia/codirector Danièle Huillet, 1979), Der Tod des Empedokles (La morte di Empedocle, coregia/codirector Danièle Huillet, 1987), Lothringen! (coregia/codirectorDanièle Huillet, cm, 1994), Sicilia! (coregia/codirector Danièle Huillet, 1999),Une visite au Louvre (coregia/codirector Danièle Huillet, 2004), Corneille-Brecht (cm, 2009), O somma luce (2010), Jeonju Digital Project 2011 - Un héritier (cm, 2011).
Cast
& Credits
Plot: dal racconto Hauptstddtisches Journal di Heinrich Böll (1958).
Screenplay: Danièle Huillet e J. M. Straub.
Fotografia (35mm, b/n): Wendelin Sachtler.
Editor: J. M. Straub e D. Huillet.
Music: da Ricerca a 6 di Johann Sebastian Bach (1747) e da Transmutations di François Louis (1957).
Sound: (presa diretta) Janosz Rozner e J. M. Straub.
Cast: Erich Kuby (Erich von MarchorkaMuff), Renate Lang (Inn), Rolf Thiede (MurcksMaloche), G¨nter Strupp (Heffling), Johannes Eckardt (il prete), Heiner Braun (il ministro), Gino Cardella (il cameriere), Julius Wikidal¨(il muratore).
Production company: Atlas Film (Duisburg), Cineropa Film (Monaco).
Producer: Straub/Huillet.
Director of Production: Hans von der Heydt.
Riprese: a Bonn e Monaco, settembre 1962.
Costo: 31.000 D.M.
Prima proiezione: Febbraio 1963 al Festival di Oberhausen.