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Baal
based
on the play by Bertolt Brecht, in a translation by John
Willett. Adapted for television by John Willett
and Alan Clarke.
First broadcast on BBC Television, 2nd March 1982.
Director: Alan Clarke
Producer: Louis Marks
Cinematography: John Timbers
Production Designer: Tony Abbott
Costume Designer: Reg Samuel
Makeup: Pauline Cox
Original Music: Dominic Muldowney
Non-Original Music: Kurt Weill
Video Effects: Dave Jervis
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Cast
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alphabetical order) |
Robert Austin.....Mech
David Bowie.....Baal
Sylvia Brayshay.....Louise
Tracey Childs.....Johanna
Brian Coburn.....1st Woodcutter
Trevor Cooper.....4th Woodcutter
P. J. Davidson.....2nd Woodcutter
Paola Dionisotti.....Porter's Wife
James Duggan.....1st Policeman
Roy Evans.....2nd Cab Driver
Juliet Hammond-Hill.....Emilie
Michael Hughes.....3rd Woodcutter
Polly James.....Soubrette
Johnathan Kent.....Eckart
Leon Lissek.....Mjurk
Julian Littman.....Lupu
Michael Miller.....Horgauer
Bill Stewart.....2nd Policeman
Wally Thomas.....1st Cab Driver
Julian Wadham.....Johannes
Hugh Walters.....Pianist
Zoe Wanamaker.....Sophie
Russell Wootton.....Piller |
Production |
| In this television
adaptation of Brecht's first play, David Bowie plays the amoral
Baal, who works as an artist, singer and storyteller.
Roaming across Germany, Baal corrupts many of those who cross his
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