'' The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach '' ( ) is a 1968 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet . It was their first full-length feature film , and reportedly took a decade to finance . The film stars renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach and Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach . The orchestral music was performed by Concentus Musicus and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt . It is the first of several Straub-Huillet films to be based on works of classical music . The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach