Disraeli Movie Review 1979

Flamboyant, irreverant, a dandy, and a womanizer, Benjamin Disraeli (McShane) was also England's first Jewish Prime Minister and one of its greatest. This British miniseries examines the controversial figure and the Victorian era his life and career spanned.

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS
Running time 208 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Politics, Politics, Judaism, Period Piece: 19th Century, London

Screenplay

David Butler

Cast

Ian McShane, Mary Peach, Mark Dignam, Leigh Lawson, Rosemary Leach, Anton Rodgers, Margaret Whiting

Director

Claude Whatham

Producer

Associated Television Corporation