Wagner

Episode 5

E5
After the failure in Paris, Wagner travels around Europe to Switzerland, Austria and Russia. He tries staging Tristan und Isolde in Vienna, but is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, Minna continues to plead with the Dresden court for amnesty for Richard, which is eventually granted. Wagner returns but is chased away when creditors come looking for him. Destitute, Wagner tries to hide but is eventually found by Pfistermeister, personal secretary to the King of Bavaria who is desperate to meet him.
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Cast of Episode 5
  • 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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