Baal

Based On the book by Bertolt Brecht

Baal is a 1970 West 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.

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Release date:

1970

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Günther Neutze, Carla Egerer, Hanna Schygulla

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Year page:

1970 in adaptations