Wagner (film)
- Richard Burton Richard Wagner
- Vanessa Redgrave: Cosima von Bülow
- László Gálffi: Ludwig II
- John Gielgud: Pfistermeister
- Ralph Richardson: Pfordten
- Laurence Olivier: Pfeufer
- Gemma Craven: Minna
- Ekkehard Schall: Franz Liszt
- Ronald Pickup: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Miguel Herz - Kestranek: Hans von Bülow
- Richard Pasco: Otto Wesendonck
- Marthe Keller: Mathilde Wesendonck
- Gwyneth Jones: Malvina by Carol Field
- Peter Hofmann: Schnorr von Carol Field
- Franco Nero: Crespi
- Joan Greenwood: Woman Dangl
- Gerhard Bronner: Bailiff
- Lisa Kreuzer: Friederike Meyer
- Jess Thomas Albert Niemann
- Prunella Scales: Woman pollert
- Corin Redgrave: Dr. Pusinelli
- Barbara Leigh- Hunt: Queen Mother
- Gabriel Byrne: Karl Ritter
- Cyril Cusack: Sulzer
- Joan Plowright: Mrs. Taylor
- Manfred Jung: Unger
- Heinz Zednik: Ander
- Péter Andorai: Bakunin
- Lambert Hamel: Betz
- Erwin Steinhauer: Wilhelm Baumgartner
- Sigfrit Steiner: Ludwig I of Bavaria
- Stephan Paryla: Röckel
- Philipp Brammer: Siegfried
- Martina Krischka: Sophia
- Hanno Pöschl: police spy
- Michael Janisch: Standhartner
- Otto Clemens: Karl Tausig
- Georges Claisse: Uhlig
- François -Eric Gendron: Villiers
- Vernon Dobtcheff: Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Mary Martlew: Mrs. Muller
- Detlef Reimer: Bouncer I ( Opening Festival )
- Albert Strube: Bouncer II ( Opening Festival )
Wagner is an Anglo- Austro-Hungarian mini- series from 1983.
The biographical television film begins with the marriage crisis between Richard Wagner and his wife Minna. Wagner, who dreams of a united Germany, participates in the preparations for a revolution. Finally, Wagner had to flee into exile. If his music from King of Saxony did not pay, he finds King Ludwig II a patron who wants to support him. Then Wagner love with the beautiful Cosima von Bulow ...
The miniseries is waiting with a star cast (besides film legends such as Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Joan Plowright, Gabriel Byrne and Ralph Richardson also opera stars like Peter Hofmann, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Heinz Zednik and Jess Thomas ) on.