This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul Nicholas is completely outlandish as the scheming opera composer Richard Wagner. There's no nod to reality here: Liszt and Wagner were in fact friends, and Liszt, who became Wagner's father-in-law, actually assisted in the production of Wagner's opulent productions. Russell, on the other hand, presents Wagner as Liszt's jealous rival ready to wreak havoc on the world by unleashing a cryogenic Viking (Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman) and a horde of machine-gun wielding robot Nazis. In a finale out of Flash Gordon serials, Liszt saves the day after surviving a guillotine designed for phallic dismemberment. The film is fast and loud and wildly undisciplined, much like one of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. Look fast and you'll see Ringo Starr as the pope.




STARS.........: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas
DIRECTOR......: Ken Russell
WRITERS.......: Ken Russell
GENRE.........: Biography | Music | Comedy
RATING........: 6.5/10  1,504 votes
IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073298
RUNTIME.......: 1h 45mn
SIZE..........: 2.26GB
VIDEO CODEC...: x264 ([email protected])
RESOLUTION....: 1280x532
ASPECT RATIO..: 2.40:1
BITRATE.......: 2753 Kbps
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1........: English AC3+ 2.0 224kbps
AUDIO2........: Commentary with Ken Russell
SUBTITLES.....: N/A
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SOURCE........: PAL DVD
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2016-05-24




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