"In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow composer Richard Wagner."
Roger Daltrey
as Franz Liszt
Sara Kestelman
as Princess Carolyn
Paul Nicholas
as Richard Wagner
Ringo Starr
as The Pope
Rick Wakeman
as Thor
John Justin
as Count d'Agoult
Fiona Lewis
as Marie d'Agoult
Veronica Quilligan
as Cosima
Nell Campbell
as Olga Janina
Andrew Reilly
as Hans von Bülow
David English
as Captain
Felicity Devonshire
as Governess
Murray Melvin
as Hector Berlioz
Oliver Reed
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
Aubrey Morris
as Manager
Imogen Claire
as George Sand
Kenneth Colley
as Frederic Chopin
Rikki Howard
as Countess
David Corti
as Daniel
Anulka Dziubinska
as Lola Montez
Andrew Faulds
as Strauss
Ken Parry
as Rossini
Otto Diamant
as Felix Mendelsohn
Georgina Hale
as Alma Mahler (uncredited)
Iain Bruce
Sound Recordist
Terry Rawlings
Sound Editor
Bill Rowe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Price
Production Manager
Tim Hutchinson
Assistant Art Director
Colin Chilvers
Special Effects
Ken Russell
Director
Screenplay
Peter Suschitzky
Director of Photography
Shirley Russell
Costume Design
Original Music Composer
Stuart Baird
Editor
Roy Baird
Producer
Sanford Lieberson
Executive Producer
David Puttnam
Music
Philip Harrison
Production Design
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Supervisor
David Wynn-Jones
First Assistant Camera