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A send-up of the bawdy life of Romantic composer and piano virtuoso Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey), with ubiquitous phallic imagery and a good portion of the movie devoted to Liszts "friendship" with fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas). This movie begins during the time when Franz would give piano performance to a crowd of shrieking teenage fans while maintaining affairs with his mistresses. He eventually seeks Princess Carolyn of St. Petersburg (Sara Kestelman) (at her invitation), elopes, and, after their marriage is forbidden by the Pope (Sir Ringo Starr), he embraces the monastic life as an abbé.
Pianist is treated like a rock star by his adoring fans, many young females who willingly throw themselves at him, he, in return in his hedonism, often indulging his and their sexual proclivities in the process. One such fan was his wife, Marie, whose, at the time of her and Liszts meeting, wealthy husband, Count dAgoult, hired him solely to give bored Marie piano lessons. While he plays the music of well known and successful composers, such as , and purchases the music of aspiring composers, such as - Liszts bastardization of Wagners compositions while performing in concert not sitting well with him - Liszt himself aspires to be a great composer. It is his relationship with another of his wealthy fans, married Princess Carolyn of Russia, which tests how much Liszt is willing to give up in his life to achieve that greatness as a composer. Meanwhile, Wagner becomes a more integral part of Liszts life out of circumstance as Wagners life takes a more political turn.
Roger Daltrey
Franz Liszt
Sara Kestelman
Princess Carolyn
Paul Nicholas
Richard Wagner
Ringo Starr
The Pope
Rick Wakeman
Thor
John Justin
Count d'Agoult
Fiona Lewis
Marie d'Agoult
Veronica Quilligan
Cosima
Nell Campbell
Olga Janina
Andrew Reilly
Hans von Bülow
David English
Captain
Imogen Claire
George Sand
Rikki Howard
Countess
David Corti
Daniel
Anulka Dziubinska
Lola Montez
Lucy Willers
Blondine
Felicity Devonshire
Governess
Murray Melvin
Hector Berlioz
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