Overview
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 as Richard Wagner
- Marthe Keller as Mathilde Wesendonck
- Miguel Herz-Kestranek as Hans von Bülow
- Laurence Olivier as Pfeuffer
- Ralph Richardson as Pfordten
- Vanessa Redgrave as Cosima von Bulow
- John Gielgud as Pfistermeister
- László Gálffi as King Ludwig II of Bavaria