Kurzbeschreibung

50 Jahre lang residiert die Familie Wagner in Bayreuth und beherbergt Prominenz aus Kunst und Politik. Das Porträt der Familie erweist sich als Spiegel der deutschen Geschichte. An intriguing portrait of renowned composer Richard Wagner and his descendants examines the important legacy of the Wagner family in terms of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Germany in modern Europe, examining the relationship between Adolf Hitler and the Wagners and Richard Wagner's diverse roles as a musician, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and anti-Semite.

Klappentext

For over a century the Wagners have presided over the Bayreuth Festival, playing host to many of the greatest and ghastliest figures in the arts and politics amidst family in-fighting and political controversy.