Overview
In the middle of the 19th-century, when the social structure of Europe is about to be reshaped, the world of music is shaken by one man: Richard Wagner.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Switzerland and Italy
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Music
Music by Richard Wagner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ernest Haller
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Bertita HardingScreenplay, Novel
- E.A. DupontScreenplay
- David T. ChantlerScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 30, 1955
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Yvonne De CarloMinna Planer
Carlos ThompsonFranz Liszt
Rita GamCosima Liszt
Valentina CorteseMathilde Wesendonk
Alan BadelRichard Wagner
Peter CushingOtto Wesendonk
Frederick ValkMinister von Moll
Gerhard RiedmannKing Ludwig I
Erik SchumannHans von Bülow
Robert FreitagAugust Röckel- Heinz KlingenbergKönig von Sachsen
Charles RegnierGiacomo Meyerbeer
Fritz RaspPfistermeister
Kurt GroßkurthTheater Manager
Hans QuestRobert Hubner
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldHans Richter (uncredited)
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