Ken Russell — Playwright (17)
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Elgar (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Elgar
director: Ken Russell actor: Huw Wheldon / Peter Brett …
An astonishing documentary of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. This partly dramatised account is remarkable for its sensitive portrayal of the rise of a young musician from an underprivileged background to international fame.
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Amelia and the Angel (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Amelia and the Angel
director: Ken Russell actor: Mercedes Quadros / Míka van Bloemen …
A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and follows the angel into a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist's model - the ANGEL. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot - supposedly to heaven-and reappears to restore Amelia's joy with a pair of wings.
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Treasure Island (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Treasure Island
director: Ken Russell actor: Hetty Baynes / Gregory Hall …
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey and young Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including the deviously vivacious Long Jane Silver.
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The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
director: 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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
In Search of the English Folk Song
director: 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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The Rainbow (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Rainbow
director: Ken Russell actor: Sammi Davis / Paul McGann …
other title: La vita è un arcobaleno / Der Regenbogen …
Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition. The free-spirited Ursula begins to feel trapped by her prim surroundings, but her life changes when she has an erotic experience with Winifred, a bisexual teacher. From then on, Ursula puts all of her passion and creativity into the pursuit of sexual fulfillment. But her insatiable quest becomes a source of anguish.
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Salome's Last Dance (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Salome's Last Dance
director: 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) [Movie]
Valentino
director: 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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Lisztomania (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Lisztomania
director: Ken Russell actor: Roger Daltrey / Sara Kestelman …
other title: Fed musik og sex på drengen
In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow composer Richard Wagner.
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Whore (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Whore
director: 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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The Boy Friend (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Boy Friend
director: Ken Russell actor: Twiggy / Christopher Gable …
other title: Il boy Friend / Boyfriend (Ihr Liebhaber) …
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.
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Tommy (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Tommy
director: Ken Russell actor: Oliver Reed / Ann-Margret …
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.