Wagner Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Biography, Drama, History

Wagner

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Biography, Drama, History

After refusing to join her husband for quite some time, Minna eventually agrees to move to Zürich to be reunited with Wagner. She manages to persuade Wagner to start conducting and composing again and urges him to travel to France. In ...See moreAfter refusing to join her husband for quite some time, Minna eventually agrees to move to Zürich to be reunited with Wagner. She manages to persuade Wagner to start conducting and composing again and urges him to travel to France. In Bordeaux, he meets a wealthy Scottish emigre, Mrs. Taylor, who agrees to become a patron of his, although he has a brief affair with her married daughter. Upon traveling to Paris, Wagner is ordered to leave the city at once and return to Zürich. In Zürich, Wagner meets up with his good friend Franz Liszt, while also taking on a pupil, Karl Ritter, the son of another patron, Mrs. Ritter. Written by Larry B. See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for Episode #1.2.

Cast	+ Add Cast
31 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Burton Richard Wagner Richard Wagner See fewer	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Cyril Cusack Sulzer Sulzer See fewer	Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Osman Ragheb Professor Ettmüller (as Ossi Ragheb) Professor Ettmüller (as Ossi Ragheb) See fewer	Cabaret (1972)
Donald Arthur Franz Hagenbuch Franz Hagenbuch See fewer	Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Erwin Steinhauer Wilhelm Baumgartner Wilhelm Baumgartner See fewer	Brüder (2002)
Gemma Craven Minna Minna See fewer	The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Edit Rujz Natalie Natalie See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Mary Martlew Frau Müller (as Mary Martlew-Escher) Frau Müller (as Mary Martlew-Escher) See fewer	Anna Karenina (1948)
Patrick Rollin Eugene Laussot Eugene Laussot See fewer	Au théâtre ce soir (1966)
Peter Woodthorpe French Agent French Agent See fewer	The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Joan Plowright Mrs. Taylor Mrs. Taylor See fewer	The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Gabriel Byrne Karl Ritter Karl Ritter See fewer	The Usual Suspects (1995)
Liza Goddard Jessie Laussot Jessie Laussot See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Ekkehard Schall Liszt Liszt See fewer	Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
Marthe Keller Mathilde Wesendonck Mathilde Wesendonck See fewer	Marathon Man (1976)
Richard Pasco Otto Wesendonck Otto Wesendonck See fewer	Mrs. Brown (1997)
Peter Arens Georg Herwegh Georg Herwegh See fewer	The Last Summer (1954)
Jörg Wille Dr. Wille Dr. Wille See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Brigitte Ratz Frau Wille Frau Wille See fewer	Die Sehnsucht des Herzens (1951)
Marita Phillips Princess Caroline Princess Caroline See fewer	Testimony (1987)
Miguel Herz-Kestranek Hans von Bülow Hans von Bülow See fewer	Zodiak - Der Horoskop-Mörder (2007)
Gyula Benkö Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Szerelmes szívek (1944)
Andrew Cruickshank Minister BÃfÂ¤r / Narrator Minister BÃfÂ¤r / Narrator See fewer	El Cid (1961)
John Gielgud Pfistermeister Pfistermeister See fewer	Arthur (1981)
László Gálffi King Ludwig II of Bavaria King Ludwig II of Bavaria See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Arthur Kottas Captain of Hussars Captain of Hussars See fewer	Wagner (1983)
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Queen Mother Queen Mother See fewer	Frenzy (1972)
Arthur Lowe Meser Meser See fewer	Dad's Army (1968)
Vanessa Redgrave Cosima von Bulow Cosima von Bulow See fewer	Coriolanus (2011)
Ralph Richardson Pfordten Pfordten See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
John Shrapnel Semper Semper See fewer	Notting Hill (1999)