Baal (1970)

Drama, Made for TV

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

Writer(s): Bertolt Brecht (play), Volker Schlöndorff (teleplay)

Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sigi Graue, Margarethe von Trotta, Günther Neutze, Hanna Schygulla, Marian Seidowsky, Irmgard Paulis, Wilmut Borell, Christine Schuberth, Walter Sedlmayr, Günther Kaufmann, Miriam Spoerri, Johannes Buzalski, Carla Egerer, Michael Gempart, Peer Raben, Jean Launay, Andrea Brüdern, Claudia Butenuth, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Sigi Sommer, Herbert Rimbach, Ulf-Jürgen Wagner, András Fricsay Kali Son, Wilhelm Grasshoff, Sabine von Maydell, Eva Pampuch

Synopsis: Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.

Release Date: January 7, 1970 (West Germany) | Length: 87 min | Genre: Drama | MPAA Rating: NR