Lisztomania

The film tells of Liszt's life through a series of surrealistic episodes blending fact and fantasy, and full of anachronistic elements. At the start of the film, the Count d'Agoult is caught in bed with Marie d’Agoult by her husband the Count. The Count then orders his staff to trap the couple into the body of a piano, nailing it shut, and then leaving it on tracks. The scene is then shown to be a flashback triggered by the camera flash of photographers backstage before a concert. Richard Wagner appears and Liszzt introduces him to his circle of colleagues