Mahler

UK 1974, 115 minutes
Dir. Ken Russell
Rating: [M]
Genres: Cult / Classical Music

Topics: Biopic.

Feat. Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale, Miriam Karlin

Aroview: Ken Russell's biopic on the life of the Jewish composer. As one critic observed - 'Whether the title of the opus is Mahler, Strauss or Elgar, the real title is always Russell.'

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5 stars (Exceptional) I think this is Ken Russell's greatest film: a fascinating, no-holds-barred biopic of a great but flawed composer. It's also one of his more restrained films, but like his best work really gets to the heart of the subject, finer facts be damned. ~Hammerscope