Plot
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
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