Richard Strauss and His Heroines (DVD) faith and using music and lyrics

and using music and lyrics as a vessel for political commentary

and images

Original Screenplay (BD-ROM Content)

a young Dominican girl

Max loses track of time and his personal belongings

Richard Strauss and His Heroines (DVD) faith and using music and lyricsThe film Richard Strauss and his Heroines explores Strauss relationship to women. The primary focus lies on his attachment to Pauline, his wife of more than 55 years. Strauss experienced the most varied of epochs in German history, from the Empire to Nazi dictatorship and the post war period. How did the image of women change in this time and what influence did it have on Strauss work? And above all: how did Strauss achieve to express the finest