Wagner

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.

• Tony PalmerDirector
• Charles WoodWriter

• 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