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Backbeat (1994)
Directed by Iain Softley
“5 guys. 4 legends. 3 lovers. 2 friends. 1 band.”
Drama, Music · 1h 40m
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
Cast
Sheryl Lee
Astrid Kirchherr
Stephen Dorff
Stuart Sutcliffe
Ian Hart
John Lennon
Gary Bakewell
Paul McCartney
Chris O'Neill
George Harrison
Scot Williams
Pete Best
Kai Wiesinger
Klaus Voormann
Jennifer Ehle
Cynthia Powell
M
Marcelle Duprey
Singer
J
John White
Sailor 1
B
Bernard Merrick
Sailor 2
Nicholas Tennant
Sailor 3
Crew
- Director
- Iain Softley
- Screenplay
- Iain Softley, Michael Thomas, Stephen Ward
- Director of Photography
- Ian Wilson
- Original Music Composer
- Don Was
- Editor
- Martin Walsh
- Producer
- Finola Dwyer, Stephen Woolley
Details
- Release date
- 1994-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Russian, Hungarian, German
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Production
- Universal Studios, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Scala Productions, Film4 Productions