Wagner music in films
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Film
Year
Director
Music used from:
Ref.
The Birth of a Nation
1915
D. W. Griffith
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 1]
The Viking
1928
Roy William Neill
Parsifal , Flying Dutchman , Die Walküre
[ 2]
Un Chien Andalou
1929
Luis Buñuel
Tristan und Isolde
[ 3]
L'Age d'Or
1930
Luis Buñuel
Tristan und Isolde
[ 3]
Murder!
1930
Alfred Hitchcock
Tristan und Isolde
[ 1]
City Streets
1931
Rouben Mamoulian
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
[ 2]
A Farewell to Arms
1932
Frank Borzage
Tristan und Isolde
[ 4]
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Josef von Sternberg
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 2]
R.A.F.
1935
John Betts
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 5]
Triumph of the Will
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , "Wach' auf" chorus, (act 3, scene 5)
[ 6]
The Right to Live
1935
William Keighley
Tristan und Isolde
[ 2]
The Lion Man
1936
John P. McCarthy
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 2]
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
Henry Koster
Lohengrin , prelude to act 3
[ 7]
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938
Frederick Stephani
Parsifal
[ 2]
Escape
1940
Mervyn LeRoy
Tristan und Isolde ("Liebestod")
[ 8]
The Great Dictator
1940
Charlie Chaplin
Lohengrin , prelude
[ 1] [ 9]
Red River Valley
1941
Joseph Kane
"Ride of the Valkyries ", Rienzi
[ 2]
Sullivan’s Travels
1941
Preston Sturges
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 2]
Secret Mission
1942
Harold French
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
[ 8]
Christmas Holiday
1944
Robert Siodmak
Tristan und Isolde (Liebestod )
[ 10]
Humoresque
1946
Jean Negulesco
Tristan und Isolde , arranged by Franz Waxman .
[ 9]
A Foreign Affair
1948
Billy Wilder
Lohengrin , overture
[ 11]
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Preston Sturges
Tannhäuser
[ 9]
The Blue Gardenia
1953
Fritz Lang
"Tristan und Isolde "
[ 12]
Abismos de pasión
1954
Luis Buñuel
Tristan und Isolde
[ 13]
Magic Fire
1955
William Dieterle
Ring Cycle
[ 9]
Love in the Afternoon
1957
Billy Wilder
Tristan und Isolde
[ 11]
What's Opera, Doc?
1957
Chuck Jones
Ring Cycle , Tannhäuser , The Flying Dutchman
[ 1] [ 9]
8½
1963
Federico Fellini
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 14]
Sedmikrásky (Daisies )
1966
Věra Chytilová
Götterdämmerung
[ 15]
Patriotism
1966
Yukio Mishima
Tristan und Isolde
[ 16]
Mondo Trasho
1969
John Waters
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 14]
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Ring Cycle , Tristan und Isolde , Lohengrin
[ 17]
Ludwig (film)
1973
Luchino Visconti
Tannhäuser , Tristan und Isolde , Lohengrin
[ 18]
Lisztomania
1975
Ken Russell
Rienzi , Ring Cycle
[ 19]
Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried 1914–1975
1975
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Ring Cycle
[ 20]
Hitler: A Film from Germany
1977
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Ring Cycle
[ 21]
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
Luis Buñuel
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 22]
The Boys from Brazil
1978
Franklin Schaffner
Siegfried Idyll
[ 23]
Seven Beauties
1975
Lina Wertmüller
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 24]
Apocalypse Now
1979
Francis Ford Coppola
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 1] [ 9]
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Werner Herzog
Das Rheingold
[ 25]
The Blues Brothers
1980
John Landis
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 1] [ 9]
Excalibur
1981
John Boorman
Parsifal , Tristan und Isolde , Götterdämmerung
[ 1] [ 9]
Wagner
1983
Tony Palmer
Siegfried
[ 1]
Détective
1985
Jean-Luc Godard
Rienzi
[ 26]
Come and See
1985
Elem Klimov
Ride of the Valkyries
[ 27]
The Running Man
1987
Paul Michael Glaser
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 28]
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Baz Luhrmann
Tristan und Isolde , (Liebestod )
[ 1]
24 Hour Party People
2002
Michael Winterbottom
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 29]
Birth
2004
Jonathan Glazer
Die Walküre
[ 9]
Jarhead
2005
Sam Mendes
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 30]
The New World
2006
Terrence Malick
Das Rheingold
[ 1] [ 9]
Norbit
2007
Brian Robbins
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 1]
Bronson
2008
Nicolas Winding Refn
Götterdämmerung , Das Rheingold
[ 31]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
David Fincher
Tannhäuser , aria "Dich, teure Halle"
[ 32]
Valkyrie
2008
Bryan Singer
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 33]
Watchmen
2009
Zack Snyder
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 34]
A Dangerous Method
2011
David Cronenberg
Siegfried , Die Walküre
[ 35]
Melancholia
2011
Lars von Trier
Tristan und Isolde
[ 1] [ 35]
Rango
2011
Gore Verbinski
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 36]
To the Wonder
2012
Terrence Malick
Parsifal , prelude
[ 37]
Nymphomaniac
2013
Lars von Trier
Das Rheingold
[ 38]
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Stephen Frears
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 39]
Alien: Covenant
2017
Ridley Scott
Das Rheingold , Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
[ 40]
Promising Young Woman
2020
Emerald Fennell
Tristan und Isolde
[ 41]
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
Jeff Fowler
"Ride of the Valkyries "
Army of the Dead
2021
Zack Snyder
Götterdämmerung
[ 42]
Wrath of Man
2021
Guy Ritchie
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 43]
Army of Thieves
2021
Matthias Schweighöfer
Götterdämmerung , Das Rheingold , Ride of the Valkyries , Siegfried
[ 44]
For All Mankind (Season 2 Episode 7)
2021
Ronald D. Moore
"Ride of the Valkyries "
[ 45]
Tár
2022
Todd Field
Tannhäuser , overture
[ 46]
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