Wagner

Episode 1

E1    Oct 3, 1983
In the year 1849, Richard Wagner is a respected composer living in Dresden where he works as royal court conductor for the King of Saxony. Although his wife, Minna, enjoys their life and status, Wagner is bored with his work for the aging king and spends most of his time writing revolutionary pamphlets against the establishment and aristocracy. Eventually, the May Uprising breaks out in which Wagner becomes an important figure. When Saxon and Prussian troops crush the uprising, Wagner becomes a wanted man and is forced to flee to Zürich, Switzerland.
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Cast of Episode 1
  • Richard BurtonRichard Wagner
  • Marthe KellerMathilde Wesendonck
  • Miguel Herz-KestranekHans von Bülow
  • Laurence OlivierPfeuffer
  • Ralph RichardsonPfordten
  • Vanessa RedgraveCosima von Bulow
  • John GielgudPfistermeister
  • László GálffiKing Ludwig II of Bavaria

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