A Severed Head (1971)
Antonia, de verwende vrouw van Martin Lynch-Gibbon, een wijnhandelaar uit de hogere klasse, vertelt haar echtgenoot dat zij verliefd is op hun beste vriend, de psychiater Palmer Anderson. Palmer en Antonia willen de situatie op een beschaafde manier oplossen, door vrienden te blijven met Martin. Intussen probeert Martin zijn maîtresse Georgie Hands een geheim te houden, maar Palmer's zuster, Honor Klein, die dacht dat Georgie op Oxford zat, vertelt Palmer en Antonia over haar.
Regiseur:
Dick Clement
Schrijver:
Frederic Raphael
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Lee Remick as Antonia Lynch-Gibbon |
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Richard Attenborough as Palmer Anderson |
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Ian Holm as Martin Lynch-Gibbon |
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Claire Bloom as Honor Klein |
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Jennie Linden as Georgie Hands |
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Clive Revill as Alexander Lynch-Gibbon |
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Ann Firbank as Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon |
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Rosamund Greenwood as Miss Seelhaft |
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Constance Lorne as Miss Hernshaw |
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Robert Gillespie as Winking Patient |
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Katherine Parr as Receptionist |
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Nerys Hughes as Nurse |
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Anne Jameson as Woman at Party |
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Yvette Rees as Woman at Party |
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Frank Gatliff as Wine Taster (uncredited) |
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Angus MacKay as Wine Taster (uncredited) |
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John Savident as Wine Taster (uncredited) |
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Tommy Godfrey as Removal Man (uncredited) |
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Robin Parkinson as Drinks Waiter (uncredited) |
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Guy Standeven as "Sinner" at Party (uncredited) |
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Anthony Lang as "Saint" at Party (uncredited) |
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Aileen Lewis as Woman at Private Members Club (uncredited) |
| Directing | Dick Clement | Director |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Conductor |
| Camera | John Harris | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Elliott Kastner | Presenter |
| Crew | Jerry Gershwin | Presenter |
| Production | Crawford Mackie | Publicist |
| Sound | Nolan Roberts | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lotte Slattery | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Vinall | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Marion Rosenberg | Producer's Assistant |
| Crew | Ian La Frenais | Other |
| Directing | Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Art | Peter Mullins | Location Scout |
| Camera | Austin Dempster | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Iris Murdoch | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Iris Murdoch | Novel |
| Writing | Frederic Raphael | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sue Yelland | Costume Design |
| Writing | J. B. Priestley | Theatre Play |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Art | John Clark | Art Direction |
| Editing | Peter Weatherley | Editor |
| Sound | Mike Le Mare | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Freddie Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Denis Holt | Associate Producer |
| Art | Hugh Scaife | Set Dresser |
| Production | Timothy Burrill | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Beckett | Hairdresser |
| Production | Alan Ladd Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Norman Bolland | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Ene Watts | Continuity |