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Lisztomania. (film) Lisztomania is a 1975 British surreal biographical musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell about the 19th-century composer Franz Liszt. The screenplay is derived, in part, from the book Nélida by Marie d'Agoult (1848), about her affair with Liszt. Depicting the flamboyant Liszt as the first classical pop ...
- £1.2 million or £603,249
- 10 October 1975
Jan 29, 1976 · Lisztomania: Directed by Ken Russell. With Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr. Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).
- (3K)
- Biography, Comedy, Music
- Ken Russell
- 1976-01-29
Lisztomania is a total mess, but it's a mess with Ken Russell's typical grandiosity and oddness of vision. Sep 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews Movie Info
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- Ken Russell
- R
- Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas
Ken Russell's "Lisztomania" has little, if anything, to do with the life and music of Franz Liszt - or of Wagner, Beethoven, Chopin and the other unfortunates it tramples on the way to its manic conclusion. No, this isn't a biography, not even in the sense that Russell ravaged poor Tchaikovsky in "The Music Lovers." It's a berserk exercise of demented genius, and on that level (I want to make ...
It was also the first movie to use the new Dolby Stereo noise reduction sound system.Russell was inspired by a quote from German writer Heinrich Heine that “Lisztomania” had broken out in Germany. Heine wrote, “How convulsively his mere appearance affected them! How boisterous was the applause which rang to meet him!
- Ken Russell
- Nell Campbell (Little Nell)
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Synopsis. This flamboyant extravaganza tells the scandalous tale of superstar composer Franz Liszts (Roger Daltry) hedonistic life of groupies, sex and music, as well as his rivalry with the scheming Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas). After enjoying the fruits of his celebrity, Liszt tries to find true love with one of his mistresses, Princess ...
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- 103 min
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