Dance of the Seven Veils
15/02/1970
Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime. Strauss is depicted in a variety of grotesquely caricatured situations: attacked by nuns after adopting Nietzsche’s philosophy, duels with jealous husbands, literally batters his critics into submission with his music, and glorifies the women in his life and fantasies.
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Movie Information
Christopher Gable
as Richard Strauss
Judith Paris
as
Kenneth Colley
as
James Mellor
as
Vladek Sheybal
as
Imogen Claire
as
Sally Bryant
as
Maggy Maxwell
as
Otto Diamant
as
Gala Mitchell
as
Anna Sharkey
as
Rita Webb
as
