Dance of the Seven Veils
MovieTitle | Dance of the Seven Veils |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Feb 15, 1970 |
Genre | TV Movie, Comedy, Music, Drama |
Director | Ken Russell |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | BBC |
Run time | 59 min. |
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.