Overview
Lake Lucerne in 1868: a passionate and forbidden affair flares up between the gifted composer Richard Wagner and the much younger Cosima von Bülow - the aristocrat is already married and the mother of four children. Contrary to all conventions, the two publicly confess their love - and break a social taboo in the process.
Cast
- Otto Sander as Richard Wagner
- Tatja Seibt as Cosima Wagner
- Christoph Waltz as Friedrich Nietzsche
- Fabienne Babe as Judith Mendes
- Anton Diffring as Franz Listz
- Anja Jaenicke as Daniela von Bülow
- Beate Finckh as Elisabeth Nietzsche
- Rudolf Wessely as Schnappauf
- Luise Prasser as Malwida von Meysenburg
- Annette Richter as Blandine von Bülow