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
Bill Fraser
UK
Best series:
Cover Her Face (1985) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
![Philipp Brammer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/501/166501803_752829.jpg)
Philipp Brammer
West Germany
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
Bernadette Schneider
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Jürgen Cziesla
German Empire
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Niall Toibin
Ireland
Best series:
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
Christopher Gable
UK
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Maximilian Wolters
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Peter Holliger
Switzerland
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Verbotene Liebe (1995) (series)
![Klaus Knuth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/157/165157670_ee0937.jpg)
Klaus Knuth
German Empire
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Reinhold Olszewski
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Daphne Wagner
Germany
Erland Erlandsen
Denmark
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Inspecteur Derrick (1974) (series)
Le Renard (1977) (series)
János Lengyel
Kingdom of Hungary
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
William Walton
UK
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Angie Tribeca (2016) (series)
Gyula Kéry
Kingdom of Hungary
Best series:
Mathias Sandorf (1979) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
Osman Ragheb
Best series:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Donald Arthur
USA
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)
Mary Martlew
UK
Best series:
Wagner (1983) (series)