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Jan 4, 2002 · Bride of the Wind: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Sarah Wynter, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez, Simon Verhoeven. This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Bruce Beresford
- 2002-01-04
Bride of the Wind is a 2001 period drama directed by Academy Award–nominee Bruce Beresford and written by first-time screenwriter Marilyn Levy. Loosely based on the life of Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind recounts Alma's marriage to the composer Gustav Mahler and her romantic liaisons.
Jun 8, 2001 · The moment when Gustav confronts Alma with the letter written to her by lover Walter Gropius is chilling, as well as when Oskar Kokoschka reveals his famous intimate painting of Alma, "The...
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- Bruce Beresford
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- Sarah Wynter
Bride of the Wind. 2001 · 1 hr 40 min. R. Drama · Music. A biopic about composer Alma Mahler, who was the ex-wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel, and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka. Subtitles: English. Starring: Sarah Wynter Vincent Perez Jonathan Pryce Simon Verhoeven Gregor Seberg. Directed by: Bruce Beresford.
- Bruce Beresford
- 100 min
- January 1, 2001
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. She must have been a monster. The Alma Mahler depicted in "Bride of the Wind" is a woman who prowls restlessly through the beds of the famous, making them miserable while displaying no charm of her own.
In 1910, after the death of a child, she retreats to a spa where she falls in love with Walter Gropius. Will she go with him or stay with Mahler? She conducts an affair with the tempestuous Oskar Kokoschka and is stifled in another way. Then she marries Gropius, who proves imperious.
Jun 8, 2001 · A fascinating premise. And yet, the movie, directed by Bruce Beresford, never quite blooms.
