Mahler (1974)

04/04/1974Drama, Music1h 55m
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An electrifying visual odyssey into musical madness and savage romance.

Overview

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Robert Powell

    Gustav Mahler

  2. Cast 1

    Georgina Hale

    Alma Mahler

  3. Cast 1

    Lee Montague

    Bernhard Mahler

  4. Cast 1

    Miriam Karlin

    Aunt Rosa

  5. Cast 1

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Marie Mahler

  6. Cast 1

    Richard Morant

    Max

  7. Cast 1

    Angela Down

    Justine Mahler

  8. Cast 1

    Ronald Pickup

    Nick

  9. Cast 1

    Peter Eyre

    Otto Mahler

As biopics go, this has to be the least structured and most creatively ambiguous I think I’ve ever seen. It sort of follows a chronology of the life of Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) using a train journey with his wife Alma (Georgina Hale) and a wide selection of his music as a conduit for just how we got here. It’s safe to say that the marriage isn’t exactly happy. She resents the time he spends composing and conducting and even though they have a very comfortable life with their children, she yearns for something more. He, meantime, is so subsumed in his art that he doesn’t notice, or realise...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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