Backbeat
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Iain Softley
Gary Bakewell
Lynn Lowton
Alexei Jawdokimov
Marcel Duprey
Jennifer Ehle
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in Hamburg, Germany during the early 1960s, the story of Stuart Sutcliffe, the erstwhile "fifth Beatle" who abandoned the soon-to-be famous band for love and art.
Director
Iain Softley
Cast
Gary Bakewell
Lynn Lowton
Alexei Jawdokimov
Marcel Duprey
Jennifer Ehle
Dirk Winkler
Britta Gartner
Wolf Kahler
Stephen Dorff
Bernard Merrick
John White
Paul Duckworth
Scot Williams
Chris Caine
James Doherty
Albert Welling
Kai Wiesinger
Sheryl Lee
Rob Spendlove
Gertan Klauber
Nicholas Tennant
Ian Hart
Paul Humpoletz
Chris O'neill
George Stabler
Abigail Wrapson
Finola Geraghty
Stephen Grothgar
Frieda Kelly
Christiana Uriarte
Galit Hershkovitz
Manuel Harlan
Crew
Terry Abel
Julie Adams
Matt Amos
Matthew Baker
David Barrett
Ciaran Barry
Frances Bennett
Joseph Bennett
Tony Billington
Christian Blau
James Bloom
Freddy Borg
Petra Borghoff
Jeff Bowan
David Bowes
David Brown
Ken Byrne
Del Cardy
Michael Carlin
Catherine Charlton
Jo Chate
Graham Churchyard
Ken Clarkson
Gerry Cobb
Antoine Colchester
Yvonne Coppard
Paul Cowan
Annie Crawford
Stewart Cunningham
Sarah Curtis
Diana Dill
Polly Duval
Finola Dwyer
Wolfgang Ellerbrock
Patricia Erdmann
Gavin Fitch
Gordon Fitzgerald
Andreas Frey
Bill Gower
Karen Granger
Paul Gray
Micky Grover
Tommy Hamilton
Hanni J Hansen
Martin Harrison
Pat Hay
Eva Henning
Karin Herrmann
Ron Higgins
Vicky Hinrichs
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Malcolm Huse
Hanno Huth
Andrew Jack
Daryl Jordan
Eddy Joseph
Sid Juett
John Karlsen
Robert Keen
Astrid Kircherr
Alexa Koch
Mark Laidlaw
Cliff Lanning
Bob Last
Sarah Lucraft
Finn Mcgrath
Peter Meyer
Chris Munro
Sheena Napier
John Newvell
Pete Oganzalu
Antonia Pallazio
Joseph Plagge
Kamala Plagge
Anne Porter
Nik Powell
Steve Read
Ben Rimmer
Josh Robertson
Stephen Rose
Malcolm Ross
Guy Rutter
Annette Schenkelberger
Cornelius Schepansky
Christoph Schubenz
Christopher Simon
Norman Smith
Tracey Smith
Mary Soan
Iain Softley
Geoff Stainthorp
Petra Sulgar
Jolyon Symonds
Robin Thistlethwaite
Michael Thomas
Bob Thorne
Mark Tillie
Sabine Tonnissen
Fran Triefus
Will Tyler
Nicola Tyszkiewicz
Martin Walsh
Stephen Ward
Don Was
Dirk Wehmeyer
Alexander Wessendorff
Bill Weston
Chris Wheeldon
Stephen M Williams
Ian Wilson
Colin Wood
Mervyn Woodford
Stephen Woolley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for two 1994 British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, including Best Music and Best Sound.
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1994
Expanded Release in United States April 22, 1994
Released in United States on Video September 19, 1995
Released in United States January 1994
Released in United States April 1994
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (closing night) April 7-17, 1994.
Began shooting April 16, 1993.
Completed shooting June 11, 1993.
Expanded Release in United States April 22, 1994
Released in United States on Video September 19, 1995
Released in United States January 1994 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Premiere) in Park City, Utah January 20-30, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (closing night) April 7-17, 1994.)
Released in United States Spring April 15, 1994
