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Bernard Haitink, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin, Robert Powell ...( see more  see more... ) , Rosalie Crutchley , Sylvia McNair

Director Ken Russell made a number of biographical films of composers' lives including The Music Lovers, (about Tchaikovsky) and Lisztomania. Russell embellished the other films with certain character...( read more  read more... )istic flourishes, which include a focus on the composers' sexual obsessions, poetically telling anachronisms, and scenes which show Richard Wagner in a bad light. The story of Mahler is recounted in a much less complex and flamboyant manner and is a relatively reverent study of the life and work of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, here played by Robert Powell. The film tackles the touchy dilemma of Mahler's Jewishness in the anti-Semitic atmosphere of 19th-century Vienna. He converts to Christianity, which has no effect on his brilliant musical output but which eats away at his physical and mental well-being. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was a conductor and composer of the late Romantic era and specialized in huge symphonic works. Though his works were performed widely during his lifetime, they were less and less-often played until Leonard Bernstein's active campaign on their behalf brought him renewed recognition as a composer of the first rank, every bit the peer of Brahms or Stravinsky.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

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PG, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Ken Russell

Release Date: January 1, 1974

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DVD Release Date: July 4, 2006

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  • ynxter
    October 17, 2009
    ynxter
    what a musician you are gustav!
  • theodossian52
    April 29, 2009
    theodossian52
    Robert powel IS Mahler.
  • RisingSunce
    March 13, 2009
    RisingSunce
    Feels like I floated away into an artistic dream about one of my favorite composers. I enjoyed this one so much! Truly incredible film!
  • sbritton2
    March 4, 2007
    sbritton2
    beautiful soundtrack, artfully done expose of Mahler's somewhat troubled emotional life/relationships

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