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Both trifles and structure are tossed out the door by director Ken Russell in this film. Here, historical content matters less than metaphors, feelings, emotions, and interpretations. Pay close attention, as every word and frame is intended to be important. The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly composer Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma confront the reasons behind their faltering marriage and dying love. Each word evokes memories of the past, so the audience witnesses events of Mahlers life that somewhat explain his present state. Included are his turbulent and dysfunctional family life as a child, his discovery of solace in the "natural" world, his brothers suicide, his (unwanted) conversion from Judaism to Catholicism, his rocky marriage, and the death of their young child. The movie weaves in and out of dreams, flashbacks, thoughts, and reality as Russell poetically describes the man behind the music.
Robert Powell
Gustav Mahler
Georgina Hale
Alma Mahler
Lee Montague
Bernhard Mahler
Miriam Karlin
Aunt Rosa
Rosalie Crutchley
Marie Mahler
Gary Rich
Young Mahler
Richard Morant
Max
Angela Down
Justine Mahler
Antonia Ellis
Cosima Wagner
Ronald Pickup
Nick
Peter Eyre
Otto Mahler
Dana Gillespie
Anna von Mildenburg
George Coulouris
Doctor Roth
David Collings
Hugo Wolfe
Arnold Yarrow
Grandfather
David Trevena
Doctor Richter
Elaine Delmar
Princess
Benny Lee
Uncle
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