Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

Jun 9, 2023

1h 50m

★ 6.8

Overview

When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. In the four years that follow, they dabble in great love and an open relationship between his hometown of Zurich and her adopted Rome.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

tellfilm

Amour Fou Vienna

Heimatfilm

Amour Fou Luxembourg

Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert Trailers

Cast

Ingeborg Bachmann

Vicky Krieps

Max Frisch

Ronald Zehrfeld

Adolf Opel

Tobias Resch

Hans Werner Henze

Basil Eidenbenz

Marianne Oellers

Luna Wedler

Tankred Dorst

Marc Limpach

Ober

Ricardo Angelini

Zuhörer bei der Lesung

Bernhard Marsch

Journalist

Nickel Bösenberg

Visitor

Bettina Scheuritzel

Nurse

Nina Vorbrodt

Isolde Kurz Journalist

Katharina Schmalenberg

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