Wagner & Me

2012 | 89 minutes | 6.7 ★ (7)

Wagner & Me
  • Overview

    Actor and writer Stephen Fry explores his passion for the world's most controversial composer, Richard Wagner. As a life-long fan can Stephen, who is Jewish and lost family in the Holocaust, salvage Wagner's music from its dark associations with anti-Semitism and Hitler?

  • Release Date

    02 November 2012

  • DirectingPatrick McGrady
  • Budget

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  • Revenue

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