Bach - A Christmas Miracle
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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.
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Devid Striesow
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Verena Altenberger
Anna Magdalena Bach
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Ludwig Simon
Emanuel Bach
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Dominic Marcus Singer
Friedemann Bach
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Hagen
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Gottfried Bach
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Lotta Herzog
Elisabeth Bach
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Thorsten Merten
Adrian Stieglitz
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Christina Große
Maria Stieglitz
Known for
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Victor Tahal
Christian Henrici
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Christoph Luser
Superintendent
Known for
Pagan Peak
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Dominik Weber
Court Music Director Hasse
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Luise Aschenbrenner
Sybilla Bose
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Florian Baxmeyer Director · Christian Schnalke Writer Martina Eisenreich Composer
First release October 30, 2024 · Produced in Austria, Germany · Production MDR, BR
Production
Epo-Film
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MDR
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BR
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ORF
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Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien
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Austrian Business Agency (ABA)
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Fernsehfonds Austria
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Kulturland Niederösterreich
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KD-Bank-Stiftung
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ARD
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ARD Degeto
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Eikon Media
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ARD/Degeto Film GmbH
Production
Austria · Germany
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Bach - Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
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Languages
Original title
Bach - Ein Weihnachtswunder
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 30, 2024
Premiere · Biberacher Filmfestspiele
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
December 18, 2024 · Digital · ORF-Mediathek
December 18, 2024 · TV · ORF 2
Germany
December 13, 2024 · Digital · ARD-Mediathek & ZDF-Mediathek
December 18, 2024 · TV · Das Erste
December 20, 2024 · Physical · DVD
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