Directed by:
Tony PalmerScreenplay:
Charles WoodCinematography:
Vittorio StoraroCast:
Richard Burton, François-Eric Gendron, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Ekkehard Schall, Marthe Keller, Franco Nero (more)Episodes(10)
Plots(1)
Over a hundred years after his death, Richard Wagner remains an enigma. His was a rags-to-riches saga with a fairy tale ending. He was loved, yet hated; admired, yet despised. He was a heroic villain who was worshipped and whose fame and exploits were the gossip of Europe. Above all, he was an incurable romantic whose affair with Liszt's illegitimate daughter rivals that of Romeo and Juliet. But he was also a dangerous political revolutionary whose influence penetrated the fabric of German society in the nineteenth century. He was a legend in his own lifetime, and he was one of the greatest composers to ever live. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Friedrich Schwardtmann
Austria
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Schloßhotel Orth (1996) (series)
Jean-Luc Moreau
France
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) (series)
Commissaire Valence (2003) (series)
Peter Arens
German Empire
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Emanuel Schmied
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Inspector Rex: A Cop's Best Friend (1994) (series)
Götz von Langheim
German Empire
Best series:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Gemma Craven
Ireland
Best series:
My Life in Film (2004) (series)
Father Ted (1995) (series)
Robin of Sherwood (1984) (series)
Otto Clemens
Austria
Gerhard Bronner
Austria
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Heinz Weiss
German Empire
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Liza Goddard
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
Brook Williams
UK
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
Brigitte Ratz
Austria
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Peter Wehle
Austria-Hungary
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
Franz Gary
Austria
Felix Franchy
Austria
Arthur Denberg
Austria
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Inspector Rex: A Cop's Best Friend (1994) (series)
SOKO Donau (2005) (series)
Alfred Pfeifer
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Peter Woodthorpe
UK
Best series:
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series) - actor, a.f.
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Jan Biczycki
German Empire