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1975 Certificate 18
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Outrageously hedonistic 'rockopera' LISZTOMANIA casts contemporary rock god Roger Daltrey as the world's first music superstar, Franz Liszt. Loosely based on the life of the composer, the film takes a fantastical voyage through rock'n'roll excess and adventure, peppered with cameos from such pop icons as Ringo Starr (as the .. Read more

Starring Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, John Justin
Director Ken Russell
Genres Music/Musical

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Lisztomania

Outrageously hedonistic 'rockopera' LISZTOMANIA casts contemporary rock god Roger Daltrey as the world's first music superstar, Franz Liszt. Loosely based on the life of the composer, the film takes a fantastical voyage through rock'n'roll excess and adventure, peppered with cameos from such pop icons as Ringo Starr (as the Pope) and Rick Wakeman (as Thor). The dynamic pairing of THE WHO frontman and visionary filmmaker Ken Russell reunited again after the triumphant TOMMY (made the same year) for another equally flamboyant and extraordinary assault on the senses. Sex, groupies, Nazis, Vikings, Robots and classical music; LISZTOMANIA has it all and more!

Starring Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, John Justin, Fiona Lewis, Ringo Starr, Oliver Reed, Rick Wakeman, Veronica Quilligan, Nell Campbell
Director Ken Russell
Studio DIGITAL CLASSICS DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Music/Musical
Released DVD: 04 May 2009
Production year: 1975
Format DVD

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  • LISZTOMANIA is the latest, most outrageous outing for Russell's fecund unconscious and, while we must pause to whisper, 'poor Franz', there's no denying the man is growing peculiarly interesting

    • Chicago Sun
    • Posted 31 Mar 2009

  • Since Tommy was Ken Russell's first real commercial hit, it's not surprising that Lisztomania should be a blatant... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 25 Feb 2009

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    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    More of Ken

    Let's face it, being disappointed in a Ken Russell movie is like being upset by an Alice Cooper gig, or a Hammer film. You know what you're going to get, you expect excess and chaos - indeed you would be rightly disappointed if you didn't get it. So for Ken Russell fans everywhere, or celebrators of the dire, this is one for you. If not, watch something else. It seems to be trying to be serious at times, linking Liszt to Nazism via Wagner. At other times it's like a high-school remake of the (even worse) Song Without End.

      • Leni from London
      • Posted 07 Jun 2009 06:08

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    Rated - 1 star

    Fascinatingly awful

    To fans of Ken Russell this film will probably come as no surprise.

    One has to assume thought that either the standards of the day were very different (which I'm sure they were) or that the everyone involved was taking a lot of mind altering drugs.

    I watched it to the end just out of morbid curiosity to see just how bad it could get (which is pretty darned bad).

      • A customer from Ayr
      • Posted 13 May 2009 12:40

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