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Wagner is a film of genre Drama directed by Tony Palmer with Richard Burton

Wagner (1983)

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Genres Drama,    Musical
Rating73% 3.684973.684973.684973.684973.68497

Wagner is a 1983 film on the life of Richard Wagner. The title role was played by Richard Burton. It was directed by Tony Palmer and written by Charles Wood. The film was later released on DVD as a ten-part miniseries.

Other main roles were played by Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven, Marthe Keller, Ronald Pickup, Miguel Herz-Kestranek and László Gálffi. Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier played ministers of Ludwig II of Bavaria.

The music of Wagner was specially recorded for the film, and conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

Actors

Richard Burton

(Richard Wagner)Laurence Olivier

(Pfeufer)Gemma Craven

(Minna)Vanessa Redgrave

(Cosima)John Gielgud

(Pfistermeister)
And :
Zoltán Gera
Ronald Pickup
Marthe Keller
Richard Pasco
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