Dance of the Seven Veils
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. Strauss is depicted in a variety of grotesquely caricatured situations: attacked by nuns after adopting Nietzsche’s philosophy, duels with jealous husbands, literally batters his critics into submission with his music, and glorifies the women in his life and fantasies.
- genus: TV Movie, Comedy, Music, Drama
- Studio: BBC
- keyword: composer, biography
- cast: Christopher Gable, Judith Paris, Kenneth Colley, James Mellor, Vladek Sheybal, Imogen Claire
