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Wagner

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German composer Richard Wagner (Richard Burton) storms around Europe with Franz Liszt's daughter, Cosima (Vanessa Redgrave).

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Jason S @RT51713650 Sep 5, 2026 Burton is very good as Wagner and with a great supporting cast with the likes of John Gielguld and Lawrence Oliver. I'm a big fan of Burton but even I have only watched the entire film once because of the film's runtime of almost 8 hours. Tony Palmers direction is very good but if you want the main story in half the time there is (or at least was) a trimmed down version released on VHS that runs just under 4 hours. I'm not sure if it got a DVD release or not. See more Aug 28, 2011 This film's only saving grace is Sir Georg Solti's stunning interpretations of Wagner's music. Otherwise these nine hours of cinematic biography make an undeniably complicated man seem even more so. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis German composer Richard Wagner (Richard Burton) storms around Europe with Franz Liszt's daughter, Cosima (Vanessa Redgrave).
Director
Tony Palmer
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 13, 2011
Runtime
5h 0m
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