Savage Messiah (1972)
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.
Director: Ken Russell
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Dorothy Tutin as Sophie Brzeska |
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Scott Antony as Henri Gaudier |
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Helen Mirren as Gosh Boyle |
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Lindsay Kemp as Angus Corky |
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Michael Gough as M. Gaudier |
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John Justin as Lionel Shaw |
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Aubrey Richards as Mayor |
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Peter Vaughan as Museum Attendant |
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Ben Aris as Thomas Buff |
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Eleanor Fazan as Mdme. Gaudier |
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Otto Diamant as Mr. Saltzman |
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Imogen Claire as Mavis Coldstream |
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Maggy Maxwell as Tart |
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Susanna East as Pippa |
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Judith Paris as Kate |
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Robert Lang as Major Boyle |
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Harry Fielder as Angry Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Howard Goorney as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Alexei Jawdokimov as Library Student (uncredited) |
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Sidney Kean as Annoyed Man In Library (uncredited) |
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Paul McDowell as Agitator (uncredited) |
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Alex Russell as (uncredited) |
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Ken Russell as Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited) |
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David Warwick as Young Man (uncredited) |
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Henry Woolf as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Claire Marshall as Maid (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ken Russell | Director |
| Art | Derek Jarman | Set Designer |
| Writing | Christopher Logue | Writer |
| Writing | H.S. Ede | Novel |
| Production | Ken Russell | Producer |
| Editing | Michael Bradsell | Editor |
| Art | George Lack | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shirley Russell | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Glasow | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Neville C. Thompson | Production Manager |
| Directing | Graham Ford | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Anthony D'Offay | Thanks |
| Camera | Dick Bush | Director of Photography |
| Art | George Ball | Property Master |
| Production | Harry Benn | Associate Producer |
| Art | Ian Whittaker | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Ronnie Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Sue Merry | Continuity |
| Camera | Eddie Collins | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tiny Nicholls | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Doug E. Turner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Stuart Baird | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Garrett | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Robin Gregory | Sound Recordist |