---
title: 'Wahnfried (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Patzak'
released: '1986-06-11'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wahnfried-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094285/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wahnfried (1986)

1986 · Drama, History · Germany, France


## Synopsis

Wahnfried is a 1986 West German-French drama film directed by Peter Patzak about the life of Richard Wagner. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Patzak](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-patzak)
- **Screenplay:** [Reinhard Baumgart](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-baumgart)
- **Editor:** [Michou Hutter](https://cinepixo.com/people/michou-hutter)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Wessely](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-wessely)
- [Otto Sander](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-sander) as Richard Wagner
- [Anja Jaenicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/anja-jaenicke)
- [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring) as Franz Liszt
- [Tatja Seibt](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatja-seibt) as Cosima Wagner
- [Christoph Waltz](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-waltz) as Friedrich Nietzsche
- [Beate Finckh](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-finckh) as Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
- [Fabienne Babe](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabienne-babe) as Judith Gautier
- [Peter Matić](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-matic) as Hans von Bülow

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/wahnfried-1986
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