| Production | |||
| Director, Editor | Tony Palmer | ||
| Writer | Charles Wood | ||
| Producers | Richard Wagner FilmGmbH, in association with Hungarofilm & Magyar Televisio (Budapest) for London Trust Cultural Productions Limited. Allan Wright | ||
| Photographer | Vittorio Storaro | ||
| Narrator | Andrew Cruickshank | ||
| Conductor | Georg Solti | ||
| Performed by | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Comments | |||
| Publication | West Long Branch NJ; Kulture International Films; c.1982 | ||
| Physical | 4 videocassettes (9 hours): sound, color; 1/2 inch | ||
| Cast | Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Gemma Craven, Laszla Galffi, Marthe Keller, Ekkehardt Schall, Ronald Pickup | ||
| Richard Wagner was loved and hated, admired yet despised, a villain yet a hero, a man whose fame and exploits were the gossip of Europe. Above all, he was an incurable romantic who had a scandalous love affair with Liszt's illegitmate daughter. A dangerous political revolutionary, Wagner's influence penetrated Germen society. He was a scoundrel, joker, philosopher, con-man, poet, refugee, virulent political orator, and one of the greatest composers who has ever lived. | ||||