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Baal

5.519701h 24mMovieDrama

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

DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
WritersBertolt Brecht·Volker Schlöndorff
ProducersVolker Schlöndorff·Hellmut Haffner

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

RFRainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Baal
SG
Sigi Graue
Ekart
MTMargarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Sophie
GNGünther Neutze
Günther Neutze
Nech
HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Luise
MSMarian Seidowsky
Marian Seidowsky
Johannes
IP
Irmgard Paulis
Johanna
WB
Wilmut Borell
Mjurk
CS
Christine Schuberth
Stripperin Sabitka
WSWalter Sedlmayr
Walter Sedlmayr
Anwalt Pschierer
GKGünther Kaufmann
Günther Kaufmann
Kutscher Orgauer
MS
Miriam Spoerri
Emilie Mech

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Baal is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. It's not currently on Netflix.

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