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The Zurich Affair – Wagner's One And Only Love

Die Zürcher Affäre - Richard Wagner's erste und einzige Liebe
L'Affaire Zurich - Le seul et unique amour de Richard Wagner

Switzerland, October 2021
FILM, Fiction, 105 min.

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directed by
Jens Neubert
Written by
Jens Neubert
Status
In distribution
Website
www.thezurichaffair.com
Drama Romance Music

More than 170 years ago Switzerland was the only country in Europe with a democratic constitution. After the failed German Revolution Richard Wagner lived in Zurich from 1849 until August 1858. Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband venerate Wagner. While in Zurich, Wagner works on his new opera: “Tristan and Isolde”. Mathilde is turning from a loving mother into a muse of the new music. The whole city is talking about this Zurich liaison.

credits

World Premiere
October 2021
Original Version
English (german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 105 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-B6D3-0000-0000-0000-D
Production
Syquali Crossmedia AG
Producer
Peter Stüber, Jens Neubert
directed by
Jens Neubert
Written by
Jens Neubert
Cinemato­graphy
Harald Paalgard
Location Sound Mix
Andreas Hildebrandt
Sound Design
Moritz Hoffmeister
Re-Recording Mix
Matthias Schwab
Music
Torsten Rasch
Compositing
Jens Toivakainen
Lighting Design
Elias Fernandez Salomon
Costumes
Odile Hautemulle
Make up
Anette Biedinger
Casting
Nina Moser

Cast

Sophie Auster as Mathilde Wesendonck
Joonas Saartamo as Richard Wagner
Julienne Pfeil as Minna Wagner
Rüdiger Hauffe as Otto Wesendonck
Roland Bonjour as Johann Jakob Sulzer
Leonardo Nigro as Tin Smith
Patrick Rapold as Franz Liszt
Dagna Litzenberger Vinet as Eliza Wille
Caspar Kaeser as Georg Herwegh
Lotti Happle as Emma Herwegh
Cheyenne Tanner as Myrrha Wesendonck
Michael Volle as The Singer
Joe Fenner as Usenbenz
Hans-Joerg Frey as Hotel Director Baur
Michael Gempart as Riese
Oliver Stein as Gottfried Semper
Luca Leonetti as Hans von Bülow
Lisa Brand as Cosima von Bülow
Stefan Bütschi as Gottfried Keller
Leonard Kocan as Johann Bernhard Spyri
Luc Müller as Zeugheer
Samia Van Arx as Emilie Heim
Matthias Fankhauser as Franz Hagenbuch
Manuel Vetsch as Francesco De Sanctis
Verena Bosshard as Hotel Guest
Kevin Mike Minder as Prokurist
Werner Biermeier as Anonymus Mr.
Niklaus Helbling as Council Member
Beat Yeti Hutmacher as Mountain Guide
Patrice Gilly as Karl Ferdinand Sohn
Julius Kastner as Bellboy
Marie Jeger as Nanny

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World Rights
Syquali Crossmedia AG

Worldwide Distribution

EUROPE
ORF Enterprise TV Rights
Japan
ORF Enterprise TV Rights
Russian Federation
ORF Enterprise TV Rights
Switzerland
ORF Enterprise TV Rights
WORLDWIDE
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