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From its stunning opening sequence, featuring Georgina Hale (who plays the wife of Gustav Mahler in this Ken Russell film) isolated in full mummy wrap and writhing with erotic yearning to the lush strains of her husband's music, Mahler distinguishes itself as the most poetic and archetypal of Russell's great-composer works. A .. Read more
| Starring | Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin |
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| Director | Ken Russell |
| Genres | Drama |
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This musical biography, Russell-style, comes over like a cross between a comic strip and Life with the Mahlers (or the... read more on Time Out
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Typical Russell
Mahler, towards the end of his life, takes a train journey with his wife Alma, during which an admirer of hers tries to persuade her to leave her ailing husband... read more »
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SUPERB
Superb film about the finest composer EVER. Pity that only short extracts of the music of this genius were played. Well worth watching.
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Mahler
Sorry-too weird-would have preferred a documentary really
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One of the better Russells...
Ken Russell had a trademark of extravagant black comedy. Sometimes it fails miserably (Lair of the White Worm, Lisztomania, Aria, etc). Sometimes, as in this ... read more »
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Up to his old tricks
Ken Russell up to this old tricks again in this 'life' of Mahler, with a 31 year old Robert Powell going on 50. Incredibly mannered and OTT, which ... read more »
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Ken Meets Gustav
Another Ken Russell offering to place alongside his films of Delius and Elgar. A fine cast with Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler, Georgina Hale as his wife, I don... read more »
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I tried, honestly I did.
Totally disjointed: scarcely understandable. Half an hour was all I could take. What a disappointment. But then I suppose that's Russell for you
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Fantasy on a theme of Mahler
If this film was a piece of music it might have been entitled 'Fantasy on a theme of Mahler'. A concept film but too often Ken Russel gets in the way. ... read more »
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Very dated - but interesting
I remember when Ken Russell's composer films first came out and how avant garde they seemed to be then- I was really surprised how dated this one is, and ... read more »
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Not Too Mad About Mahler
Mahler has sometimes been cited as the finest of Russell's composer bio-pics, an informal series which began with several impressive works made for ... read more »
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For Russell fans only
If you like Ken Russell, you will probably like this film. It doesn't tell you much about Mahler, but a lot about Ken Russell. Robert Powell only has one ... read more »