Mahler (film)

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Mahler
Original poster for Spanish version of Mahler
Directed by	Ken Russell
Produced by	Roy Baird
Written by	Ken Russell
Starring	Robert Powell Georgina Hale Lee Montague
Music by	Gustav Mahler Richard Wagner Dana Gillespie
Cinematography	Dick Bush
Editing by	Michael Bradsell
Distributed by	Mayfair Films VPS
Release date(s)	24 October 1974 February 1975
Running time	115 min
Country	UK
Language	English
IMDb profile

Mahler is a 1974 biographical film based on the life of composer Gustav Mahler.

Directed by Ken Russell, starring Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler and Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler.

[edit] Plot

The film begins on a train journey with Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) and his wife Alma (Georgina Hale) confronting their failing marriage. The story is then recounted in flashback and takes one through Mahler's turbulent childhood, his brother's suicide, his experience with anti-semitism, his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism, his marital problems, the death of his young daughter. The film also takes us through his relationship with Cosima Wagner (Antonia Ellis), widow of Richard Wagner. In the process, the film explores Mahler's music.

Some outdoor sections of the film were made in Borrowdale, in the English Lake District