TV series / 1983

Wagner

Name: Wagner
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-10-03
Cast: Richard Burton, Marthe Keller, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson

Episode directors Tony Palmer

Drama

★ 6.8/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.