Parsifal/Richard Wagner

This masterful interoperation of German and Christian mythology was Wagner's last opera. And this performance resonates with the most profound beliefs of the German "Weltanschauung." Director Han-Jurgen Syberberg has stamped his own controversial and unmistakable style on the film. Here, the search for the Holy Grail and the king's powerful, sacred spear leads, through a single kiss, to the knowledge and grace of redemption. The actors perform to a recording made expressly for this film.