A huge panorama of Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth.
Length 466 minutes
Laurence Olivier | Gabriel Byrne | Richard Burton | John Gielgud | Ralph Richardson | Vanessa Redgrave | Marthe Keller | Ekkehard Schall | Ronald Pickup | Andrew Cruickshank | László Gálffi | Richard Pasco | Gemma Craven | Miguel Herz-Kestranek