Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime. Strauss is depicted in a variety of grotesquely caricatured situations: attacked by nuns after adopting Nietzsche’s philosophy, duels with jealous husbands, literally batters his critics into submission with his music, and glorifies the women in his life and fantasies.
Christopher Gable
Richard Strauss
Judith Paris
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Kenneth Colley
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James Mellor
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February 15, 1970
59m
8.3
Ken Russell
Ken Russell
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GB
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Vladek Sheybal
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Imogen Claire
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Sally Bryant
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Maggy Maxwell
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Otto Diamant
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Gala Mitchell
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