Criterion spine #914
Baal
1970Directed by Volker SchlöndorffWest Germany87 min
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.…
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