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  • B wie Bartleby (2025)
  • 72 min | Documentary
B wie Bartleby (2025)
72 min | Documentary
B for Bartleby draws on Herman Melville's legendary narrative and transforms it into a film essay about remembrance, language, and resistance. Based on dialogues with a deceased companion, the famous phrase 'I would prefer not to' is ...See moreB for Bartleby draws on Herman Melville's legendary narrative and transforms it into a film essay about remembrance, language, and resistance. Based on dialogues with a deceased companion, the famous phrase 'I would prefer not to' is revived through the voices and gestures of performers, young people, rap musicians, passersby, and stranded individuals - quietly, persistently, timelessly. See less
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Director
Angela Summereder (directed by)
Writer
Angela Summereder (written by)
Producer
Praherfilm (producer)
Cinematographer
Antonia de la Luz Kasik (director of photography)
Editor
Sebastian Schreiner
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Updated Oct 18, 2025
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Oct 18, 2025 (Portugal)

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