''Bride of the Wind'' is a 2001

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directed by

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-nominee

Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford (; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. Beresford's notable films he has directed include '' B ...

and written by first-time screenwriter Marilyn Levy. Loosely based on the life of

Alma Mahler Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard. Musically active from her early yea ...

, ''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 Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expres ...

named ''Die Windsbraut'', literally meaning ''

The Bride of the Wind ''The Bride of the Wind (Die Windsbraut)'' (or ''The Tempest'') is a 1913–1914 painting by Oskar Kokoschka. The oil on canvas work is housed in the Kunstmuseum Basel. Kokoschka's best known work, it is an allegorical picture featuring a self-p ...

'', 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

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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 Sarah Wynter (born 15 February 1973)
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as Gustav Mahler *

Vincent Perez Vincent Perez (born 10 June 1964) is a Swiss actor, director and photographer. He played the title character, Ashe Corven, in '' The Crow: City of Angels'', and starred in '' Queen of the Damned'', playing Marius de Romanus. Some of his films i ...

Simon Verhoeven Simon Verhoeven (born in Munich on 20 June 1972) is a German film director, screenwriter, film producer, former actor, and occasional film music composer. Life and family Verhoeven is the son of international screen actress Senta Berger and BAF ...

Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one ...

Gregor Seberg Gregor Seberg (born 24 July 1967 in Graz) is an Austrian actor. Life He moved to Vienna aged 13 and studied German studies and theatre studies for a few semesters before moving to the Vienna Conservatoire to study acting. He then worked as ...

Franz Werfel Franz Viktor Werfel (; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian- Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of ''The For ...

* Dagmar Schwarz as Anna Sofie Schindler-Moll * Wolfgang Hübsch as

Carl Moll Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (23 April 1861 – 13 April 1945) was a prominent art nouveau painter active in Vienna at the start of the 20th century. He was one of the artists of the Vienna Secession who took inspiration from the pointillist techniqu ...

* August Schmölzer as Gustav Klimt *

Johannes Silberschneider Johannes Silberschneider (born 13 December 1958 in Styria, Austria), is an Austrian actor. He studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. He has appeared in many films and TV films and serials. His motion picture appearances include in ''T ...

Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher. Biography Early life Zemlinsky was born in Vienna to a highly diverse family. Zemlinsky's grandfather, Anton S ...

* Hans Steunzer as Richard Strauss * Robert Herzl as Arnold Schoenberg

Reception

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the film has an approval rating of 11% based on reviews from 64 critics. On

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the film has a score of 35% based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

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