Dance of the Seven Veils

Release Date: 1970-02-15

Language: EN

Country: 🇬🇧 GB

Rating: ⭐ 8.0 / 10 ( 2 votes )

Runtime: 59m

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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