Bride of the Wind (2001)
Director
Bruce Beresford
Main cast
Sarah Wynter; Jonathan Pryce; Vincent Pérez; Simon Verhoeven; Gregor Seberg
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Description
A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Bruce Beresford
Main cast
Sarah Wynter; Jonathan Pryce; Vincent Pérez; Simon Verhoeven; Gregor Seberg
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Description
A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
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