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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
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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  - David Ions
  - London
  - 11 Mar 2006 at 19:41
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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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  - Burntwood, Staffordshire, England
  - 29 May 2010 at 12:28
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  Mahler
  
  Sorry-too weird-would have preferred a documentary really
  
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  - Richmond
  - 04 Mar 2010 at 14:16
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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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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Feb 2010 at 09:19
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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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- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 26 Jan 2010 at 20:59
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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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- - Donensian
  - 100 reviews
  - Doncaster
  - 04 Sep 2009 at 17:29
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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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  - Eastbourne, Sussex
  - 13 Jul 2009 at 17:29
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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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- - Seedyvee
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  - Grantham
  - 01 Mar 2009 at 21:04
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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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  - Liverpool UK
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 23:15
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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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- - Film Flaneur
  - Tombstone, Enfield
  - 03 Oct 2008 at 15:56
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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 »
  
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  - Canterbury, England
  - 27 Mar 2006 at 12:38
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 217502
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - David Ions
  - London
  - 11 Mar 2006 at 19:41
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  Mahler
  
  Sorry-too weird-would have preferred a documentary really
  
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  - Richmond
  - 04 Mar 2010 at 14:16
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  Surreal
  
  A little more surreal than I was expecting. Shows a troubled man emotionally, due to his pressurised upbringing. Mahler composed great, thoughtful music, ... read more »
  
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  - Essex
  - 14 Jun 2005 at 13:36
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 224574
- - a customer
  - Canterbury, England
  - 27 Mar 2006 at 12:38
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 638607
- - Film Flaneur
  - Tombstone, Enfield
  - 03 Oct 2008 at 15:56
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 642143
- - a customer
  - Liverpool UK
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 23:15
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 718382
- - Seedyvee
  - 135 reviews
  - Grantham
  - 01 Mar 2009 at 21:04
- - 0
  - 0
  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
  
  Report this review
- 783423
- - a customer
  - Eastbourne, Sussex
  - 13 Jul 2009 at 17:29
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 806977
- - Donensian
  - 100 reviews
  - Doncaster
  - 04 Sep 2009 at 17:29
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 853967
- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 26 Jan 2010 at 20:59

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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 ...