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2003 film

Mein Name ist Bach (English: Jagged Harmonies: Bach vs. Frederick II) is a 2003 Swiss filmdirected by Dominique de Rivaz.

The premiere took place within the framework of the 56th Locarno Film Festival, which was held from August 6 to August 16, 2003.^[1] It was Switzerland's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2][3]

Plot

On the occasion of the birth of his grandchild Adam, Johann Sebastian Bach, whose eyesight is waning, visits his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who is employed at the court of the Prussian King Friedrich II.

The belligerent king wants to put the composer to the test and gives him a theme for improvisation, that he has previously had refined by his flute teacher Johann Joachim Quantz, who also teaches Friedrich's sister Amalie.

Bach, however, exhausted by the journey, asks to be given some time. At court