The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
Ratings
TMDB7.6/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken RussellDirector
- Melvyn BraggScreenplay
Cast
- Oliver ReedClaude Debussy
- Vladek SheybalPierre Louÿs / Film Director
- Annette RobertsonGaby Dupont
- Izabella TelezynskaMadame Bardac
- Penny ServiceLily
- Vernon DobtcheffThe Actor
- Stephanie RandallSecretary
- Jane LumbSaint Sebastian
- Yvonne AntrobusStage Lily
- Verity EdmettZohra, the slave girl
- Janet FairheadChouchou at 13
- Alison FiskeMaeterlinck's girlfriend