Savage Messiah Movie Review 1972

Bio of young French sculptor Henri Gaudier and his intense, though platonic, affair with a refined Polish woman 20 years his senior. Stylized drama is spared most of director Russell's noted excesses but he manages to believably show their magnetic attraction. Gaudier was killed in WWI at the age of 24. Based on the biography by H.S. Ede.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Art & Artists, Period Piece: 1910s, Biopics: Artists

Screenplay

Christopher Logue

Cast

Scott Antony, Dorothy Tutin, Helen Mirren, Lindsay Kemp, Peter Vaughan, Michael Gough

Cinematography

Dick Bush

Director

Ken Russell

Producer

Ken Russell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures