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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769778112
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0769778119
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Running Time: 540 minutes
Sales Rank: 16742
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1983-12
Editorial Review:
Description:
Over a hundred years after his death, Richard Wagner remains an enigma. His was a rags-to-riches saga with a fairy tale ending. He was loved, yet hated; admired, yet despised. He was a heroic villian who was worshipped and whose fame and exploits were the gossip of Europe. Above all, he was an incurable romantic whose affair with Liszt's illegitimate daughter rivals that of Romeo and Juliet. But he was also a dangerous political revolutionary whose influence penetrated the fabric of German society in the nineteenth century. He was a legend in his own lifetime, and he was one of the greatest composers to ever live. Only an actor of the stature of Richard Burton could measure up to the titanic character of Wagner, and this proved to be his final film role. Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave co-stars as Cosima, Wagner's second wife, a woman who had a dramatic impact on German history until her death in 1930. The incredible supporting cast also includes screen legends Sir Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud. Filmed in wide screen 35mm Dolby Stereo, this major drama production is one of the largest East West co-productions ever undertaken.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A disappointing waste of talent, great music, and scenery
I was extremely disappointed in this DVD set. Other reviewers have expressed some of the technical shortcomings. Given the stellar cast and the compelling story line, I expected a much more polished and engaging production. For me, this DVD shares some of the problems with Wagner's works -- flashes of brilliance surrounded by hours of repetition and tedium.
Rating:  - Wagner's Life Story
This ten part 1983 epic television miniseries touches on all the major hits and scandals of Wagner's life from his young years in Dresden to his death in Venice, and every scene is played for maximum drama. Don't look for any quiet character moments here. There is absolutely nothing subtle about Wagner the mini series, but then again there is absolutely nothing subtle about Wagner the man either. Burton plays Wagner as a legend in his own mind, a man who begins as an arrogant political figure convinced ... Read More
Rating: - very intersting
it' a marvelous masterpiece...
Richard Burton give us a great portrait of Richard Wagner...
Unforgettable....
Rating: - It is not Pan & Scan
The movie is long but quite excellent with brilliant performances.
Much has been said in these reviews about the transfer and that the movie is in Pan & Scan, i.e. not in its proper wide screen format.
According to IMDB, the movie was shot in a spherical process on 35mm. This means it would have been matted or artifically cropped to appear wide screen when shown in theaters.
The 1.33:1 TV presentation is actually all of the image that was exposed to the film negative. ... Read More
Rating: - Wagner
This was a gift for a friend of mine. It was an excellent film and provided him with much interesting background.
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