Ken Russell — Actor (21)
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The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1995)
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Ken Russell actor: Hetty Baynes / Ken Russell …
A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but he does not dare to approach her. One day he follows her to her room and listens to strange “erotic” sounds from inside, and begins to have erotic thoughts.
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In Search of the English Folk Song (1997)
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Ken Russell actor: Ken Russell / Donovan …
Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from his dog, Russell journeys around the English countryside seeking for an answer. He encounters and interviews such famous artists as Donovan, Fairport Convention, Osibisa, Eliza Carthy, So What, Edward II and The Albion Band, among others.
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Brothers of the Head (2006)
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Louis Pepe / Keith Fulton actor: Harry Treadaway / Luke Treadaway …
other title: Siameses
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
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Alice in Russialand (1995)
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Ken Russell actor: Hetty Baynes / Amanda Ray-King …
Documentary by Ken Russell that shows Alice traveling through a century of Russian's history, from the period of Tsarism, through Socialism and Glasnost. Alice's original characters embody ideological conflicts crossing politics, art and cultural movements.
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Song of Summer (1968)
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Ken Russell actor: Max Adrian / Christopher Gable …
other title: 夏日之歌：弗雷德里克·戴留斯 / "Omnibus" Song of Summer: Frederick Delius
An immensely moving story of sacrifice, idealism and musical genius which charts the last five years of Frederick Delius's life through the eyes of a young composer and aide, Eric Fenby.
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The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)
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Ken Russell actor: James Johnston / Lisi Tribble …
Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by Nurse Smith and Dr Calahari, resulting in a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures.
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Savage Messiah (1972)
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Ken Russell actor: Dorothy Tutin / Scott Antony …
other title: Messia selvaggio / Le Messie sauvage …
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
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Salome's Last Dance (1988)
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Ken Russell actor: Glenda Jackson / Stratford Johns …
other title: L'ultima Salomè / Salomes letzter Tanz …
London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.
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Valentino (1977)
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Ken Russell actor: Rudolf Nureyev / Leslie Caron …
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
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A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
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Ken Russell actor: Rusty Goffe / Lisi Tribble …
other title: Ein Kitten für Hitler
The result of a challenge from Melvyn Bragg to write a film that Ken Russell himself would be eager to see banned, was A Kitten For Hitler – a 10-minute short in which a plucky young Jewish boy traverses the globe on a quest to warm the Führer's heart with the gift of a cuddly feline.
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The Who: The Kids Are Alright (1979)
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Jeff Stein actor: Roger Daltrey / John Entwistle …
other title: The Who : The Kids Are Alright / The Who: The Kids are alright
Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group in 1964 to 1978. It notably features the band's last performance with long-term drummer Keith Moon, filmed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978, three months before his death.
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Whore (1991)
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Ken Russell actor: Theresa Russell / Benjamin Mouton …
other title: Whore - Puttana / A Prostituta …
This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.
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Gothic (1987)
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Ken Russell actor: Gabriel Byrne / Julian Sands …
Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.
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Lady Chatterley (1993)
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Ken Russell actor: Joely Richardson / Sean Bean …
Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War. When they move to his family's estate, Constance (Connie) meets their tough-yet-quiet groundskeeper, Oliver Mellors. Soon, she discovers that the source of her unhappiness is from not being fulfilled in love, and in turning to the arms of Mellors, she has a sexual awakening that will change her thoughts forever.