Baal, a young artist whom society regards as a genius, does not want to be monopolized by the culture and business.
Acting
Schweighöfer's feral physicality — he literally becomes unhinged before your eyes.
Direction
Janson traps you in claustrophobic spaces that mirror Baal's collapsing psyche.
Director
Uwe Janson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Bertolt Brecht's 1918 play, written when he was 20 — this angry young man template predates the rock star by decades.
Schweighöfer was 23 during filming, nearly matching Brecht's age at writing — the meta-layer of young men playing young men's rage about being misunderstood.
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