parsifal ( 1982 ) star michael kutter and armin jordan and robert lloyd and martin sperr and edith clever and aage haugland and the voice of reiner goldberg and yvonne minton and wolfgang schone and director han jurgen syberberg . straight out of the german school of film and the kind that favor ton of symbolism and ingmar bergmanesque surrealism and come this 1982 film of wagner final masterpiece parsifal and write to correspond with good friday or easter and the consecration of the bayreuth opera house . this film follow the musical score and plot accurately but the manner in which it be film and perform be bold and avant garde and no other parsifal take the crown in it bizarre cinematography . syberberg be know for controversial film . prior to this film he have release film about hitler and nazism and richard wagner and his personal anti semitism and a documentary about winifred wagner and one of his grand daughter . this film be possibly disturb in many aspect . parsifal ( sing by reiner goldberg but act by michael kutter ) be a male throughout the first part of the film and then and after the enchantment of kundry kiss and be transform into a female . this gender bend element display the feminine or masculine or ying yang nature of the quest for the holy grail and which serve all mankind and redeem it through christ blood . in the pagan sorcerer klingsor fortress and there be photograph of such notoriously sinister figure a hitler and nietzche and cosima wagner and wagner mistress matilde wesendock . the swaztika flag hang outside the fortress . parsifal journey into the 19th and 20th century throughout the film . the tempt flower maiden be in the nude . kundry be portray a a sort of beautiful but corrupt mary magdalene or eve from genesis ( play by edith clever but beautifully sing by mezzo soprano yvonne minton ) . ultimately and this film be for fan of this type of bizarre germanic or european symbolic metafiction and for intellectual who appreciate the symbolism and the history and lover of wagner opera . indeed and the singing be grand and compelling . reiner goldberg parsifal be a focused and intense voice but it lack the depth and overall greatness of the great parsifals of the stage jam king and wolfgang windgassen and rene kollo and today own placido domingo . yvone minton be a sensual voiced and dramatic and exciting kundry and delve into her tormented state perfectly . while the production be certainly unorthodox and a un wagnerian a it can possibly get ( wagner concept be christian ceremonial pomp with grail and spear and castle and knight and wound king and a dark sorcerer and darkness turn into light and etc typical wagnerian theme ) . it be still an enjoyable and art house film .