Lisztomania (1975) on Netflix
Franz Liszt, the pianist whose recitals draw screaming crowds, is found with Marie d'Agoult by her husband. Backstage before a concert he presents Richard Wagner to his fellow composers.
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Plot summary
Franz Liszt fills concert halls with young women who scream for him, and backstage before a performance he presents Richard Wagner to fellow composers Gioachino Rossini, Hector Berlioz and Hans von Bülow. Liszt pays Wagner for the right to play his own version of a theme from Rienzi, works Chopsticks into it, and the audience rushes the stage. At home, Marie d'Agoult and their three children, the eldest Cosima, live with his touring and his affairs. Liszt uses von Bülow to approach wealthy women in the audience, and Princess Carolyn gives him her address in Russia. He prepares to leave for St. Petersburg to play for the Tsar, and Marie tells him she will leave him if he goes.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Lisztomania (1975)
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- In July 1974, the director Russell said he wanted Mick Jagger to play Franz Liszt, because Liszt had been "the first pop star".
- The film's title comes from a term coined by the German literary figure Heinrich Heine to describe the massive public response to Liszt's piano playing, where women allegedly screamed and audiences were sometimes standing room only.
- Sanford Lieberson of Goodtimes said that Russell "went off the deep end", forcing Lieberson and Puttnam to put their own money into the film.
- Lisztomania was a box-office flop, and the failure ended the plans for Goodtimes Enterprises to make more films with Russell.
