Richard Wagner (1913)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 80 minuten
Alternative title: The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Country:
Germany
Directed by: Carl Froelich and William Wauer
Starst: Giuseppe Becce, Olga Engl and Manny Ziener
IMDb score:
6,2 (141)
Releasedate: 31 May 1913
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Actors and actresses
Richard Wagner
Cosima von Bülow
Minna Planer
Ludwig II.
Mathilde Wesendonk
Reviews & comments
MisterPink
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Everyone knows the Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now. This very first biopic, the debauched Cleoptra may not have a name, has nevertheless been largely forgotten. The directors nevertheless tackle the subject in a high-flown manner. Wagnerian indeed!
As befits a biography, we follow the life course fairly closely, which has quite a few highs and lows. Famous contemporaries such as Bakunin, Liszt and Ludwig II pass by, among others. Wagner's anti-Semitism is not discussed, unless it is the subtly gaping Giacomo Meyerbeer. The character sketch from a young, liberal democrat to a conservative, conceited jerk lacks some plot but is correct. The aging process accelerates at the end. The visit of the three ghosts is comical and the brief revival in Bayreuth makes it a happy ending 
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