Wagner
0 %|Jan 1, 1983|Drama, Music
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.
Featured Crew
Tony Palmer
Director
Charles Wood
Writer
Vittorio Storaro
Cinematography
Tony Palmer
Editor
Georg Solti
Conductor
Derek Brierley
Executive Producer
Endre Flórián
Executive Producer
Shirley Russell
Costume Design
Cast
Richard Burton
Richard Wagner
Vanessa Redgrave
Cosima von Bulow
Laurence Olivier
Pfeuffer
John Gielgud
Pfistermeister
Ralph Richardson
Pfordten
Gemma Craven
Minna
Marthe Keller
Mathilde Wesendonck
Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Hans von Bülow
Ekkehard Schall
Franz Liszt
John Shrapnel
Semper
Lisa Kreuzer
Friederike Meyer
Ronald Pickup
Friedrich Nietzsche
Franco Nero
Crespi
László Gálffi
King Ludwig II of Bavaria
Richard Pasco
Otto Wesendonck
Andrew Cruickshank
Bar Minister
Niall Tóibín
Lutz
Mátyás Usztics
Franz
Arthur Denberg
Prince Paul Taxis
Gabriel Byrne
Karl Ritter
Gyula Benkő
Narrator
Stephen Oliver
Richter
Jess Thomas
Albert Niemann
Daphne Wagner
Princess Metternich
Felix Franchy
Prince Hohenlohe
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Queen Mother
Peter Lauritzen
Prince Dolgokurow
Mirco Caenazzo
Count Zichy
Arnoldo Mamo
Venice Creditor
Heinz Weiss
Royer
Edit Rujz
Natalie
Corin Redgrave
Dr. Pusinelli
Gwyneth Jones
Malvina von Carolsfeld
Jean-Luc Moreau
Petipa
Peter Hofmann
Schnorr von Carolsfeld
László Horváth
Hanslick
Peter Holliger
Photographer
János Kulka
Royer's assistant
Emanuel Schmied
Uncle Max
Peter Wehle
First Bailiff
Lajos Mezey
Chorus master
Zsuzsa Mányai
Madame Schwabe
Anikó Sáfár
First guest
Vali Várady
Malwida von Beysenburg, Mathilde
Sugár István
Second guest
Vernon Dobtcheff
Meyerbeer
Philipp Brammer
Siegfried
Brook Williams
Custom-house officer
Gyula Kéry
Gentleman, Oboe player
Arthur Lowe
Meser
Cyril Cusack
Sulzer
Bill Fraser
Mayor of Bayreuth
Klaus Knuth
Bavarian Guide
Osman Ragheb
Professor Ettmüller
Donald Arthur
Franz Hagenbuch
Jürgen Cziesla
Bavarian Man
Erwin Steinhauer
Wilhelm Baumgartner
Zoltán Gera
Lüttichau
William Walton
King Friedrich August II of Saxony
György ifj. Gonda
Foreman
Mary Martlew
Frau Müller
Lady Susana Walton
Queen of Saxony
Patrick Rollin
Eugene Laussot
Jan Biczycki
Perfall
Peter Woodthorpe
French Agent
Ernest Lenart
Brandt
Joan Plowright
Mrs. Taylor
Bernadette Schneider
Judith Gautier
Friedrich Schwardtmann
Violinist
Peter Ohme
Treasury Clerk
Stephan Paryla-Raky
Röckel
Liza Goddard
Jessie Laussot
François-Eric Gendron
Villiers
Péter Andorai
Bakunin
Albert Rueprecht
Editor
Götz von Langheim
Feusthal
Günther Panak
Journalist
Yvonne Kenny
Frau Dustmaann
Christopher Gable
Peter Cornelius
Teréz Bod
Frau Lüttichau
Hanno Pöschl
Police Spy
Joan Greenwood
Frau Dangl
Otto Clemens
Karl Tausig
Peter Arens
Georg Herwegh
Michael Janisch
Standhartner
Roger Murbach
Herr Schott
Gerda Schneider
Clara
Jörg Wille
Dr. Wille
Maximilian Wolters
Theatre Manager
Doris Schöffmann
Ottilie
Alfred Pfeifer
Lasalle
Brigitte Ratz
Frau Wille
Marita Phillips
Princess Caroline
Tibor Kovács
Man
Mark Burns
Baron von Hulsen
Gábor Sárosi
Pedestrian
Edd Stavjanik
Wine Merchant
George Pravda
Dr. Schauss
Tony Palmer
Conductor
Claudia Solti
Isolde von Bülow
Siegmar Schneider
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Arthur Kottas
Captain of Hussars
János Lengyel
Karl Reissiger
Manfred Jung
Usher