The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner

The Life and Works of Richard Wagner

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1913
1h 42m
5.2(8 votes)
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This biographical portrait of composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883), feature-length and lavishly produced, was released in conjunction with the centennial of his birth. It's an outstanding achievement in many respects. Naturally it looks primitive by modern standards, but contemporary viewers should bear in mind that it was made at a time when the motion picture industry was still in its infancy, and feature films were still a novelty. The very notion of a silent movie about a composer may seem odd, but Wagner is an ideal choice, simply because his life was so tempestuous and dramatic. Wagner's personality was operatic, while his tumultuous love life unfolded like a soap opera. He knew great success and abysmal failure, luxury one day and poverty the next. He participated in the wave of revolutions that swept Europe in the late 1840s, and had to flee Germany under threat of arrest.

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Giuseppe Becce

Richard Wagner

Giuseppe Becce
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Olga Engl

Cosima von Bülow

Olga Engl
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Manny Ziener

Minna Planer

Manny Ziener
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Ernst Reicher

Ludwig II.

Ernst Reicher
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Miriam Horwitz

Mathilde Wesendonk

Miriam Horwitz
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Max Maximilian

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William Wauer

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