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2013PGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Wagner's Jews

2013PGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Hilan Warshaw's 2013 film investigates Richard Wagner's personal relationships with Jewish individuals and the factors that influenced these connections.

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Hilan Warshaw's 2013 film investigates Richard Wagner's personal relationships with Jewish individuals and the factors that influenced these connections.

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Who were they? What brought them to Wagner, and what brought him to them? These questions are at the heart of Hilan Warshaw's documentary "Wagner's Jews," the first film to focus on Wagner's complex personal relationships with Jews.

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