VolkerSchlöndorfftransposesBertoltBrecht’slate-expressionistworktolatter-day1969.PoetandanarchistBaallivesinanatticandreadshispoemstocabdrivers.Atfirstfetedandlaterrejectedbybourgeoissociety,Baalroamsthroughforestsandalongmotorways,greedyforschnapps,cigarettes,womenandmen:‘Youhavetoletoutthebeast,lethimoutintothesunlight.’Afterimpregnatingayoungactresshesooncomestoregardherasamillstoneroundhisneck.Hestabsafriendtodeathanddiesalone.‘Youareuseless,mangyandwild,youbeast,youcrawlthroughthelowestboughsofthetree.’ Thefilmtakesyouthfulimpetuousnessandhatredofoppressionasitssubjectandalsopondersthecultofgeniusandsexualmorals.RainerWernerFassbindersimultaneouslyplaysbothBaalandhimselfandissurroundedbymanyactorswhowerelatertoperforminhisownfilms.AfterthefilmwasbroadcastonWestGermantelevision,Brecht’swidowHeleneWeigelprohibitedanyfurtherscreenings,arguingthatthesocialcircumstancesengenderingBaal’srebelliousnesshadnotbeenadequatelyexplained.
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