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.

Richard Wagner

Cosima Wagner

Friedrich Nietzsche

Judith Mendes

Franz Listz

Elisabeth Nietzsche

Schnappauf
April 16, 1986



Richard Wagner

Cosima Wagner

Friedrich Nietzsche

Judith Mendes

Franz Listz

Elisabeth Nietzsche

Schnappauf