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Wagner (1983)
Director: Tony Palmer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Palmer's 5-hour biopic of Wagner (nine hours in the TV version) is a long haul for anyone: sumptuous, overblown, lumbering, and riddled with narrative non sequiturs. The strangest aspect is that the music often seems peripheral rather than central, relegated to being film music as though we might as well be watching a biopic about Ennio Morricone. The visuals are splendid and you can play spot the cast, but somehow it's all a bit sub-Ken Russell, without the redeeming vulgarity and with a lot less cinematic energy.Author: SM
Cast & crew
Director: Tony Palmer
Producer: Alan Wright
Cast: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven, László Gálffi, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Pickup, Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Franco Nero full cast
Duration: 300 mins
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