A huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Richard Wagner's radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism, and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times.
0:00:00 TV mini series
0:06:18 episode 1
1:58:51 episode 2
Main Actors:
Richard Burton - Richard Wagner
Vanessa Redgrave - Cosima von Bülow
Miguel Herz-Kestranek - Hans von Bülow
László Gálffi - King Ludwig II of Bavaria
John Gielgud - Pfistermeister
Gemma Craven - Minna
Laurence Olivier - Sigmund von Pfeufer
Ralph Richardson - Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten
Gabriel Byrne - Karl Ritter
Ekkehard Schall - Franz Liszt
Ronald Pickup - Friedrich Nietzsche
Marthe Keller - Mathilde Wesendonck
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music
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