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Leipzig is an east German university and trade-fair city with Bach's church at its center. Its Monday demonstrations helped end the regime in 1989, and its stories stock quiet shelves. In the Aisles works a wholesale market here. Open Leipzig on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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7 famous stories set in Leipzig

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Browse 3 books and 4 movies set in Leipzig.

In the Aisles

In the Aisles

ARD-Sommerhaus Filmproduktion-Departures Film-Rotor Film Babelsberg
movie

Christian a reclusive young man from Leipzig gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno a wistful former truck driver who introduces Christian to…

Setting: Leipzig, GermanyTime Period: 2018
Alexandre Astier - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Alexandre Astier - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Universal Pictures
movie

In 1733 Johann Sebastian Bach gives an explosive and unexpected music lesson at the Leipzig church.

Setting: Leipzig, GermanyTime Period: 1733
Necroscope

Necroscope

by Brian Lumley
book

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES...Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying.In the Balkan mountains of Rumania, a terrible evil is growing. Long buried in hallowed ground, bound by earth and silver,…

Setting: ['London, England', 'Moscow (Russian Federation)', 'Wallachia (Romania)', 'County Durham, England (United Kingdom)', 'Pitești (Romania)', 'Titu (Romania)', 'Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland', 'Leipzig (Germany)', 'Endor']Time Period: 1986
The Draining Lake

The Draining Lake

by Arnaldur Indriðason, Bernard Scudder (Translator)
book

Original cover edition; asin:B009Y31TBIWhat would you do if you had two hot men fight over you? Sienna Richards decided to study and pursue her dreams in London. Life was starting to look up when out of nowhere, her…

Setting: ['Reykjavik (Reykjavík) (Iceland)', 'Iceland', 'Leipzig (Germany)']Time Period: 2004
The Sorrow's Garden

The Sorrow's Garden

by Anthony Carinhas
book

Successful and well-known as an architect and writer in 1938 Leipzig, Germany, the talented and skilled Radulf is repulsed by the chaotic nature of other people's selfish living. Ironically, he is tormented by a dark…

Setting: Leipzig, GermanyTime Period: 1938
Swinging Bach: Bobby Mcferrin & Guests

Swinging Bach: Bobby Mcferrin & Guests

movie

From 28 July 2000 that took place in Leipzig -- Bach's home town -- in the Marktplatz right across from Bach's very own St. Thomas Church. And although there was a light rain and the concert was entirely outdoors the…

Setting: Leipzig, GermanyTime Period: 2000
Bach: Mass in B Minor

Bach: Mass in B Minor

movie

In June 2017 the Dresdner Kammerchor and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the musical direction of Herbert Blomstedt have merged ingeniously to conclude the Bachfest Leipzig with this unrivaled work – a work that…

Setting: Leipzig, GermanyTime Period: 2017

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