Dance of the Seven Veils (movie)
- User score: 8
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Ken Russell
- Production companies: BBC
- Genre: TV Movie, Comedy, Music, Drama
- Release date: 2/15/1970
- Run time: 59 min.
Movie description
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.