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.

Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Wagner

Marthe Keller

Mathilde Wesendonck

Miguel Herz-Kestranek

Hans von Bülow

Laurence Olivier

Pfeuffer

Ralph Richardson

Pfordten

Vanessa Redgrave

Cosima von Bulow

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Wagner

1983 · 1 season · Ended

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