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Writers:
Bertolt Brecht (writer)
John Willett (translation)
Release Date:
2 February 1982 (UK) more
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Bowie pulls off a magnetic performance as the immoral,murdering,alcoholic...Baal more (2 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

David Bowie ... Baal
Robert Austin ... Mech
Jonathan Kent ... Eckart
Russell Wootton ... Piller
Julian Wadham ... Johannes
Juliet Hammond ... Emilie (as Juliet Hammond-Hill)
Wally Thomas ... 1st cab driver
Roy Evans ... 2nd cab driver
Michael Miller ... Horgauer
Sylvia Brayshay ... Louise
Tracey Childs ... Johanna
Paola Dionisotti ... Porter's wife
Zoë Wanamaker ... Sophie
Polly James ... Soubrette
Hugh Walters ... Pianist
Leon Lissek ... Mjurk
Julian Littman ... Lupu
James Duggan ... 1st policeman
Bill Stewart ... 2nd policeman
Brian Coburn ... 1st woodcutter
P.J. Davidson ... 2nd woodcutter
Michael Hughes ... 3rd woodcutter
Trevor Cooper ... 4th woodcutter
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Directed by
Alan Clarke 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Bertolt Brecht  writer
John Willett  translation

Produced by
Louis Marks .... producer
 
Original Music by
Dominic Muldowney 
 
Cinematography by
John Timbers 
 
Production Design by
Tony Abbott 
 
Art Direction by
Andrew Christian 
 
Costume Design by
Reg Samuel 
 
Makeup Department
Pauline Cox .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Susan Box .... production manager
 
Art Department
John Bush .... property buyer
Tom Taylor .... paintings by
Rosemary Turner .... graphic designer
 
Sound Department
John Howell .... sound
Mike Jones .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Dave Jervis .... video effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Barclay .... lighting technician
Dave Mutton .... senior camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Howard Dell .... editor: video tape
Jim Stephens .... vision mixer
 
Other crew
Tony Bate .... technical manager
Stuart Griffiths .... script editor
Jeff Jeffery .... technical manager
Laura Sims .... assistant floor manager
Liz Small .... production associate
Peter Sofroniou .... assistant floor manager
Glenys Williams .... production assistant
 

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Bowie pulls off a magnetic performance as the immoral,murdering,alcoholic...Baal, 27 July 2001
9/10
Author: Christian Carley (kaiserspike@yahoo.com) from Cork, Ireland

We have a dramatic masterpiece here and the Music is used very well...both lyrical and instrumental, which has been re-released by Bowie's label.The opening "Baal's Hymn" sets the scene for the protagonist an ex-soldier, explaining his love of "the sky" alcohol, women and mass murder-----during an Orgy ,("When Baal saw lots of corpses scattered round,he felt twice the thrill ,despite the lack of room,space enough ,their not thick on the ground,space enough within this womens womb) - this line sums up the kind of character we are dealing with.The image of "the Sky" is also very important in this play,showing perhaps that Baal is bored with his life and wishes to die. Fantastic

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