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The Ring Cycle - A Film About Richard Wagner
Richard burton plays richard wagner. Venessa redgrave plays cosime, his wife. And the three great knights, olivia, richardson and gilgood they played the three ministers of ludwig, the second of bavaria. The famous ring cycle is dedicated to my co creator, ludvig of bavarius. An extraordinary situation. This was a guy who had wanted notices published all over germany, dead or alive. Can you imagine an artist sent a stage greeting the crown heads of europe? I mean, that's never happened since it probably happened a bit in in the time of the greeks,. But
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