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Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

6.220231h 50mMovieDramaHistory

When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. In the four years that follow, they dabble in great love and an open relationship between his hometown of Zurich and her adopted Rome.

DirectorMargarethe von Trotta
WriterMargarethe von Trotta
ProducersAlexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu·Bady Minck

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Streaming in 12 other countries

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland and 8 more. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Margarethe von Trotta

VKVicky Krieps
Vicky Krieps
Ingeborg Bachmann
RZRonald Zehrfeld
Ronald Zehrfeld
Max Frisch
TRTobias Resch
Tobias Resch
Adolf Opel
BEBasil Eidenbenz
Basil Eidenbenz
Hans Werner Henze
LWLuna Wedler
Luna Wedler
Marianne Oellers
MLMarc Limpach
Marc Limpach
Tankred Dorst
RARicardo Angelini
Ricardo Angelini
Ober
BMBernhard Marsch
Bernhard Marsch
Self
NBNickel Bösenberg
Nickel Bösenberg
Journalist
BS
Bettina Scheuritzel
Visitor
NVNina Vorbrodt
Nina Vorbrodt
Nurse
KS
Katharina Schmalenberg
Isolde Kurz Journalist

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