A film by Jens Neubert

An exile from his native land following the failed revolution of 1848, the impoverished Richard Wagner is in Zurich working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. There he meets Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck, ardent admirers of his music. Wagner’s passionate and scandalous affair with Mathilde, whose poems he set to music, is explored in this feature film by director Jens Neubert. After their relationship ended, Wagner left Zurich for Italy, forever remembering Mathilde as ‘my first and only love’.

Mathilde Wesendonck - Sophie Auster
Richard Wagner - Joonas Saartamo
Minna Wagner - Julienne Pfeil
Otto Wesendonck - Rüdiger Hauffe
The Singer - Michael Volle

London Symphony Orchestra
Eckehard Stier, conductor

Music:
Richard Wagner
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Liszt

Bonus:
- An introduction to the film The Zurich Affair with Michael Volle (spoken in English)

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Languages: English, Swiss German
Subtitles: English, German, Japanese, Korean
Running time: 105 mins (film) + 11 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)

Also available on Blu-ray (NBD0170V)