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Mahler is a 1974 British biographical film based on the life of Austro-Bohemian composer Gustav Mahler. It was written and directed by Ken Russell for Goodtimes Enterprises, and starred Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler and Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler. The film was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Technical Grand Prize.
Feb 14, 1975 · Mahler: Directed by Ken Russell. With Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin. Composer Gustav Mahler's (Robert Powell) life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife (Georgina Hale) discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Ken Russell
- 1975-02-14
After time away spent conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) is returning to Austria by train with his wife, Alma (Georgina Hale).
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- Ken Russell
- PG
- Robert Powell
Mahler. Directed by Ken Russell • 1974 • United Kingdom. Starring Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague. Director Ken Russell revisits one of his favorite motifs—the lives of legendary composers—in this wildly iconoclastic portrait of Austro-Bohemian symphonist Gustav Mahler.
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The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly, aged composer Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma, confront the reasons behind their faltered marriage and dying love. Each word seems to evoke memories of past, and so the audience witnesses events of Mahler's life that explain somewhat his present state.
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Overview. Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.