Wagner

(1983)

TV Programme | B&W
| Stars: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Laszlo Galffi

The life of German composer, Richard Wagner

A huge panorama of 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. 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.

Featured series cast

(15)
British actor, Richard Burton
Richard Wagner
(1 episode)
Vanessa Redgrave
Cosima von Bulow
(1 episode)
Laszlo Galffi
King Ludwig II of Bavaria
(1 episode)
British actor, John Gielgud, a GB star
Pfistermeister
(1 episode)
British stage and screen actor, Ralph Richardson
Pfordten
(1 episode)
Gemma Craven
Minna
(1 episode)
Ekkehard Schall
Franz Liszt
(1 episode)
Ronald Pickup
Nietzsche
(1 episode)
Péter Andorai
Bakunin
(1 episode)
Teréz Bod
Frau Lüttichau
(1 episode)
Mark Burns
Baron von Hulsen
(1 episode)
Andrew Cruickshank
Narrator
(1 episode)
Vernon Dobtcheff
Giacomo Meyerbeer
(1 episode)
Zoltán Gera
Lüttichau
(1 episode)
Gyula Kéry
Oboe player
(1 episode)
+ Show full cast (5 more)

Partial episode guide (1 episode)

Season 1 (1 episode)

  • Episode Episode title Transmitted
    Episode #1.1 01 Dec 83

    • Pictures

    (7)
    Dutch DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (2)
    Richard Burton (as Richard Wagner) in a Dutch DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (3)
    Video cover from Wagner (1983) (1)
    Dutch DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (1)
    DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (1)
    Poster for Wagner (1983) (1)
    Video cover from Wagner (1983) (2)

    Production

    (2)
    Tony Palmer
    Director
    (1 episode)
    Charles Wood
    Writer
    (1 episode)