Savage Messiah (1972)
Every man has a dream that must be realised... a love that must come true... a life that must not stop.
Starring Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
Directed by Ken Russell
The film fictionalizes the real relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, twenty years his senior, who came to Paris, she says, for its “creative atmosphere.”
Runtime: 103 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Drama
Keywords: paris, france,library,based on novel or book,artist,louvre museum,biography,love,history,writer,art,novelist,older woman younger man relationship,sculptor,french countryside,1910s,suffragettes
Cast
Sophie Brzeska
Henri Gaudier
Gosh Boyle
Angus Corky
M. Gaudier
Lionel Shaw
Mayor
Museum Attendant
Thomas Buff
Mdme. Gaudier
Mr. Saltzman
Mavis Coldstream
Tart
Pippa
Kate
Major Boyle
Angry Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Gendarme (uncredited)
Library Student (uncredited)
Annoyed Man In Library (uncredited)
Agitator (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited)
Young Man (uncredited)
Gendarme (uncredited)