
Lake Lucerne in 1868: a passionate and forbidden affair flares up between the gifted composer Richard Wagner and the much younger Cosima von Bülow - the aristocrat is already married and the mother of four children. Contrary to all conventions, the two publicly confess their love - and break a social taboo in the process.

as Richard Wagner

as Cosima Wagner

as Friedrich Nietzsche

as Judith Mendes

as Franz Listz

as Daniela von Bülow

as Elisabeth Nietzsche

as Schnappauf

as Malwida von Meysenburg

as Blandine von Bülow