B for Bartleby
Directed by Angela SummerederReleasing Jan 9, 2026 72mDocumentary
B for BARTLEBY is a documentary film essay about a very personal confrontation with this narrative: It becomes a re-encounter with a deceased companion, who wanted to film Bartleby all his life. Then a journey to the USA, to the farmhouse of Herman Melville. Here today's "classic" of American literature, conscripted the women of his family to "write off". We see performative experiments with women "learning" Bartleby and men practicing writing; we see everyday encounters with Bartleby in a cafeteria, a youth club, a center for the stranded. and a legendary offstage theater in New York. Goose quills scurry across blank pages, actresses memorize text that might be their own, costumed museum employees lead tours of "original showplaces," animals (beloved by Herman Melville above all else) glare at us. "Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity!" It's about the desire and curiosity to find out how to peacefully cope with a personal visitation.
B for Bartleby Trivia
B for Bartleby is scheduled for release on January 9, 2026.
B for Bartleby is directed by Angela Summereder.
B for Bartleby has a runtime of 72 min.
B for Bartleby will be produced by Daniela Praher.
The key characters in B for Bartleby are Beatrice Frey, Maxi Blaha, Anna Mendelssohn.
B for Bartleby is a Documentary film.