Ken Russell — Playwright (8)
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.
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.
Whore (1991) [Movie] TMDB
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.
Lisztomania (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
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.
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.
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.
The Rainbow (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
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.