Sacred Games

Johann Sebastian Bach is not only one of the greatest composers of all time, but perhaps also the most mysterious. Who was this inconspicuous man from Thuringia, whose music still deeply touches people from all over the world? The film follows the traces of this exceptional artist at original locations and tries to describe a life that succeeded in an admirable way to transform crises and painful losses into beauty and new creativity again and again: Music as the Art of Transformation and Healing. "Overall, Sünner's perspectives on Bach and his music are enriching and so stimulating that one hears his music anew." (Info 3) "With SACRED GAMES, Sünner himself has created a masterpiece in which he does great things not only behind the camera, but also in front of it." (kultur-zentner.de)

Keywords

  • Decelerate Your Life
  • Made in Germany
  • Rüdiger Sünner
  • Spirituality
  • classical
  • history
  • myth
  • religion

Director

  • Rüdiger Sünner

Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater


1h 12min


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Germany
2022
What God did Bach believe in and what was the nature of his spirituality? Did it transcend the confines of his Protestant upbringing?

What God did Bach believe in and what was the nature of his spirituality? Did it transcend the confines of his Protestant upbringing?


Johann Sebastian Bach is not only one of the greatest composers of all time, but perhaps also the most mysterious. Who was this inconspicuous man from Thuringia, whose music still deeply touches people from all over the world?


The film follows the traces of this exceptional artist at original locations and tries to describe a life that succeeded in an admirable way to transform crises and painful losses into beauty and new creativity again and again: Music as the Art of Transformation and Healing.


"Overall, Sünner's perspectives on Bach and his music are enriching and so stimulating that one hears his music anew." (Info 3)


"With SACRED GAMES, Sünner himself has created a masterpiece in which he does great things not only behind the camera, but also in front of it." (kultur-zentner.de)

Cast & Crew