Bride of the Wind

Bride of the Wind
Bride of the Wind
	Film poster
Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Written by	Marilyn Levy
Based on	Life of Alma Mahler
Produced by	Margit Bimler; Gerald Green; Frank Hübner; Evzen Kolar; Lawrence Levy
Starring	Sarah Wynter; Jonathan Pryce; Vincent Perez; Simon Verhoeven
Cinematography	Peter James
Edited by	Timothy Wellburn
Music by	Stephen Endelman
Distributed by	Paramount Classics
Release date	8 June 2001 (US);
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Germany; Austria
Language	English
Box office	$419,414

Bride of the Wind is a 2001 period drama directed by Academy Award-nominee Bruce Beresford and written by first-time screenwriter Marilyn Levy. Loosely based on the life of Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind recounts Alma's marriage to the composer Gustav Mahler and her romantic liaisons. The title of the film alludes to a painting by Oskar Kokoschka named Die Windsbraut, literally meaning The Bride of the Wind, though often translated as The Tempest. The artist dedicated this painting to Alma Mahler.

The film received negative reviews from critics and did poorly at the box office.

Poster Art

The film poster artwork depicts Alma reclining on a chaise longue attended by a lover, with a field of flowers in the background. Alma's dress, her hair, the chaise, the field of flowers and even the air are replete with many of the stylistic elements of paintings by Gustav Klimt.

Cast

Sarah Wynter as Alma Mahler
Jonathan Pryce as Gustav Mahler
Vincent Perez as Oskar Kokoschka
Simon Verhoeven as Walter Gropius
Gregor Seberg as Franz Werfel
Dagmar Schwarz as Anna Sofie Schindler-Moll
Wolfgang Hübsch as Carl Moll
August Schmölzer as Gustav Klimt
Johannes Silberschneider as Alexander von Zemlinsky
Hans Steunzer as Richard Strauss
Robert Herzl as Arnold Schoenberg

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 11% based on reviews from 64 critics.^[1] On Metacritic the film has a score of 35% based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[2]

References

^ "Bride of the Wind (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ "Bride of the Wind". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

External links

Bride of the Wind at IMDb
Bride of the Wind at AllMovie

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[1] "Bride of the Wind (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[2] "Bride of the Wind". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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List of compositions
Orchestral music	No. 1 (Titan) No. 2 (Resurrection) No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 (Tragic) No. 7 No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) Das Lied von der Erde No. 9 No. 10 (unfinished)
Chamber music	Piano Quartet
Vocal music	Das klagende Lied Lieder und Gesänge Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Des Knaben Wunderhorn Rückert-Lieder Kindertotenlieder
Named for Mahler	Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester Mahler (crater) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mahler Spur Médiathèque Musicale Mahler
Cultural depictions	Mahler (1974 film) Bride of the Wind (2001 film) Mahler on the Couch (2010 film)
Family	Alma Mahler (wife) Anna Mahler (daughter) Arthur Mahler (cousin) Fritz Mahler (father's cousin) Otto Mahler (brother)
Scholars	Kurt Blaukopf Jonathan Carr Deryck Cooke Henry-Louis de La Grange Donald Mitchell Erwin Ratz Paul Stefan
Related articles	Alma Problem Bernstein–Mahler cycle Colorado MahlerFest Composing hut of Gustav Mahler (Attersee) Composing hut of Gustav Mahler (Wörthersee) Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition Gustav Mahler's orchestration of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 Neo-romanticism Repertory of the Vienna Court Opera under Gustav Mahler Song of the Earth (ballet)
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