Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
Directed by Ken Russell
Genres - Drama, Music |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature] |
Run Time - 59 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Russell's composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss's music as "bombastic, sham and hollow", and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime. The film depicts Strauss in a variety of grotesquely caricatured situations: attacked by nuns after adopting Nietzsche's philosophy, he fights duels with jealous husbands, literally batters his critics into submission with his music and glorifies the women in his li