Directed by:
Alan ClarkeComposer:
Dominic MuldowneyCast:
David Bowie, Julian Wadham, Tracey Childs, Zoë Wanamaker, Günther Kaufmann, Paola Dionisotti, Trevor Cooper, Roy Evans, Robert Austin, Brian Coburn (more)Plots(1)
Baal is a young amoral rebellious poetic genius who, after a short and eventful life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and meet his doom. A high society party is where the end begins. (British Film Institute (BFI))
Cast
David Bowie
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Prestige (2006)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Julian Wadham
UK
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
The English Patient (1996)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Tracey Childs
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Zoë Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Günther Kaufmann
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Paola Dionisotti
Italy
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Les Misérables (1998)
Love's Brother (2004)
Trevor Cooper
UK
Best movies:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Roy Evans
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Scrooge (1970)
Robert Austin
Best movies:
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
Invasion (1980) (TV movie)
Swoon (1992)
Brian Coburn
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Love and Death (1975)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Hugh Walters
UK
Best movies:
1984 (1984)
Firelight (1997)
The Missionary (1982)
Michael Miller
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Chaplin (1992)
The Front (1976)
Bill Stewart
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Three Men in a Boat (1975) (TV movie)
Julian Littman
UK
Best movies:
Running Scared (2006)
Evita (1996)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)