B for Bartleby
2026, German. Directed by Angela Summereder.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 January 2026
- Original title
- B wie Bartleby
- Country
- Austria
- Written by
- Angela Summereder
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B for Bartleby runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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B for Bartleby isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 January 2026. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked B for Bartleby, try Naqoyqatsi, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, David Byrne's American Utopia.
Who directed B for Bartleby?
B for Bartleby (2026) was directed by Angela Summereder and stars Beatrice Frey, Maxi Blaha, Anna Mendelssohn.