Ken Russell: The Great Composers ( Elgar / The Debussy Film / Delius - Song Of Summer )

Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Elgar / The Debussy Film / Delius - Song Of Summer
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
215 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1962-1968 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ken Russell

Written By:
Ken Russell

Huw Wheldon
Melvyn Bragg
Eric Fenby

Actors:
Huw Wheldon ..... Himself - Commentator
Peter Brett ..... Mr. Elgar
Rowena Gregory ..... Mrs. Elgar
George McGrath ..... Sir Edward Elgar
Carmen Dene ..... Girl
Janet Lynn ..... Bit part
Ken Russell ..... Bit part
Delia Wicks ..... Girl
Oliver Reed ..... Claude Debussy
Vladek Sheybal ..... Pierre Louÿs / Film Director
Annette Robertson ..... Gaby Dupont
Izabella Telezynska ..... Madame Bardac
Penny Service ..... Lily
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... The Actor
Stephanie Randall ..... Secretary
Jane Lumb ..... Saint Sebastian
Yvonne Antrobus ..... Stage Lily
Verity Edmett ..... Zohra, the slave girl
Janet Fairhead ..... Chouchou at 13
Alison Fiske ..... Maeterlinck's girlfriend
Ian Flintoff ..... Stage Debussy
Elna Pearl ..... Vasnier daughter
Yvette Rees ..... Stage Madame Bardac
Audrey Searle ..... Madame Vasnier
Keith Smith ..... Reporter
Fred Taylor ..... Monsieur Vasnier
David Brewster ..... Extra at funeral / war sequence
Kathy Fitzgibbon ..... Extra at funeral / war sequence
Peter Munt ..... Horse-handler
Victoria Russell ..... Chouchou
Frank Sussman ..... Extra at funeral / war sequence
Max Adrian ..... Frederick Delius
Maureen Pryor ..... Jelka Delius
Christopher Gable ..... Eric Fenby
David Collings ..... Percy Grainger
Geraldine Sherman ..... Girl Nextdoor
Norman James ..... Doctor
Elizabeth Ercy ..... Maid
Roger Worrod ..... Bruder
Frank Duncan ..... Bit part
Gilles Millinaire ..... Bit part
Ken Russell ..... Priest
Penny Service ..... Bit part

Synopsis:

Elgar: A partly dramatised account of the life of Sir Edward Elgar classical composer. Huw Wheldon narrates the life story over backdrops of beautiful mountain scenery, especially memorable is the image of young Elgar riding his horse around Malvern Hills. The Debussy Film: An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely. Delius - Song Of Summer: Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir 'Delius as I knew him', it traces the last years of Frederick Delius, and Fenby's dedication in giving up five years of his life to helping the blind, paralysed composer set down the unfinished scores he could hear in his head. Perhaps the finest of the series of biographical films that Ken Russell made for the BBC in the Sixties, Song of Summer is an immensely moving story of sacrifice, idealism and musical genius.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 January, 2020.

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