The story of the great German composer, from his childhood through to his great triumphs in orchestral and operatic music.
On the occasion of the centenary of the "great master's" birthday in 1913, the film presents for the first time a comprehensive portrait of the composer. For copyright reasons, Richard Wagner's original compositions could not be used for the music. Giuseppe Becce, who, thanks to his physical resemblance, plays the role of the composer himself, and proposed to compose a score that follows the work of Wagner, but at the same time is different enough from the source material so that there would be no legal consequences.
