Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner (1913)

This biographical portrait of composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883), feature-length and lavishly produced, was released in conjunction with the centennial of his birth. It's an outstanding achievement in many respects. Naturally it looks primitive by modern standards, but contemporary viewers should bear in mind that it was made at a time when the motion picture industry was still in its infancy, and feature films were still a novelty. The very notion of a silent movie about a composer may seem odd, but Wagner is an ideal choice, simply because his life was so tempestuous and dramatic. Wagner's personality was operatic, while his tumultuous love life unfolded like a soap opera. He knew great success and abysmal failure, luxury one day and poverty the next. He participated in the wave of revolutions that swept Europe in the late 1840s, and had to flee Germany under threat of arrest.

Erscheinungsdatum
1913-05-31
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (8)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 42 Min.
Genres
Drama, Historie, Musik
Regie
Carl Froelich, William Wauer

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Richard Wagner ist eine Filmbiografie aus dem Jahr 1913 von Carl Froelich, die anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags des Komponisten Richard Wagner entstand. Der Film gehört neben Dimitri Buchowetzkis Filmen Danton (1921) und Peter der Große (1923) sowie Ernst Lubitschs Filmen Madame Dubarry (1919) und Anna Boleyn (1920) zu den frühen deutschen Filmbiografien. Die Uraufführung von Richard Wagner fand zur Eröffnung des U.T. Friedrichstraße am 13. Mai 1913 in Berlin statt. Die Erstausstrahlung sendete das Schweizer Fernsehen am 15. Mai 1983.

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