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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   336 votes
Director:
Ken Russell
Writers:
Christopher Logue (screenplay)
H.S. Ede (book)
Release Date:
September 1972 (UK) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
All art is sex!
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
User Comments:
Helen Mirren's unforgettable staircase scene more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Dorothy Tutin ... Sophie Brzeska
Scott Antony ... Henri Gaudier

Helen Mirren ... Gosh Boyle
Lindsay Kemp ... Angus Corky
Michael Gough ... M. Gaudier
John Justin ... Lionel Shaw
Aubrey Richards ... Mayor
Peter Vaughan ... Museum Attendant
Ben Aris ... Thomas Buff
Eleanor Fazan ... Mdme. Gaudier
Otto Diamant ... Mr. Saltzman
Imogen Claire ... Mavis Coldstream
Maggy Maxwell ... Tart
Susanna East ... Pippa
Judith Paris ... Kate
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:X | Sweden:Btl | USA:R
Filming Locations:
England, UK more
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Company:
Russ-Arts more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The mock "Polish folk song" that Sophie (Dorothy Tutin) sings at the posh dinner party was "composed" (improvised) by the actress herself. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Moulin Rouge! (2001) more
Soundtrack:
TWO FLEAS more

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20 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Helen Mirren's unforgettable staircase scene, 17 January 2005
Author: dphelan-1 from Canada

I remember seeing this in theaters in the early seventies ( it never seems to be on television nor is it available on DVD). The two scenes I remember best were Dorothy Ttin savagely cutting up vegetables and Helen Mirren's Gosh Boyle descending the staircase nude in all her youthful and voluptuous glory. What a memorable moment. The rest of the film seemed to be about this modern sculptor/welder/whatever who had the typical artistic characteristics of ego and insensitivity. I remember that Helen Mirren's character was not exactly admirable but she was so stunning in that staircase scene that I did not care. Mirren has since ( and before in Age of Consent) done some great nude or semi-nude scenes but this is the one she will be remembered for.

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