Bach in Brazil
The Plot
Inspired by true events, this is a story about what happens when two outsiders from opposite corners of the world are thrown together: Brazil and Germany. Marten Brueckling, a retired music teacher from Germany, has inherited an original sheet of music from Bachs son. Marten has to collect the sheet in person in the beautiful Baroque city of Ouro Preto in the heart of Brazil. But Brazil is not for beginners: Funny circumstances drives hm to teach music to the kids of a juvenile detention center. Bachs music and Brazilian instruments mix perfectly. One of the kids is Fernando, a lovable, abandoned boy, who lived on the streets. But Marten discovers that they have more in common as he thought.
1h 30m
Drama, Comedy
24 Mar 2016
Brazil, Germany
German, English, Portuguese
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Edgar SelgeMarten Brückling
Fernando
Aldri AnunciaçãoCandido
Franziska WalserMarianne
Hans Peter KorffPrinz
Dhonata AugustoHeitor
Marília GabrielaMinisterin
Aufseherin
Helene GrassNotarin
George LenzFestivalveranstalter
Peter LohmeyerKnut Schuhmann
Stepan NercessianDirektor


Jörg Widmer