Overview

Lake Lucerne in 1868: a passionate and forbidden affair flares up between the gifted composer Richard Wagner and the much younger Cosima von Bülow - the aristocrat is already married and the mother of four children. Contrary to all conventions, the two publicly confess their love - and break a social taboo in the process.

Top Cast

Otto Sander

Richard Wagner

Tatja Seibt

Cosima Wagner

Christoph Waltz

Friedrich Nietzsche

Fabienne Babe

Judith Mendes

Anton Diffring

Franz Listz

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Anja Jaenicke

Daniela von Bülow

Beate Finckh

Elisabeth Nietzsche

Rudolf Wessely

Schnappauf

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Luise Prasser

Malwida von Meysenburg

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Annette Richter

Blandine von Bülow