London Symphony Orchestra; Sophie Auster; Rudiger Hauffe; Julienne Pfeil; Joonas Saartamo; Andreas Haefliger; Hiroko Imai; Annika Treutler; Jens Neubert; Eckehard Stier - The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love (A film by Jens Neubert)

An exile from his native land following the failed revolution of 1848, the impoverished Richard Wagner is in Zurich working on his opera Tristan und Isolde. There he meets Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck, ardent admirers of his music. Wagneris (Joonas Saartamo) passionate and scandalous affair with Mathilde (Sophie Auster), whose poems he set to music, is explored in this feature film by director Jens Neubert. After their relationship ended, Wagner left Zurich for Italy, forever remembering Mathilde as emy first and only lovei.