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Savage Messiah is a 1972
1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....
 biographical film
Biographical film

File:Soviet Union-1964-stamp-Chapayev .jpgA biographical motion picture—often portmanteau biopic—is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people....
 of the life of French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was a French sculptor who developed a rough hewn, primitive style of direct carving.Henri Gaudier was born in St. Jean de Braye near Orl?ans....
, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM. It was directed and produced by Ken Russell
Ken Russell

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell , is an England film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style....
 with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 by Christopher Logue
Christopher Logue

Christopher Logue, Order of the British Empire is an English people poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. He has also written for the theatre and film as well as acting in a number of films....
, based on the book Savage Messiah by H.S. Ede
Jim Ede

Harold Stanley Ede also known as Jim' Ede, was a United Kingdom collector of art and friend to artists.Ede studied painting at Newlyn Art School between 1912 and 1914 when he was called up in World War I....
. Much of the content of Ede's book came from letters sent between Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was a French sculptor who developed a rough hewn, primitive style of direct carving.Henri Gaudier was born in St. Jean de Braye near Orl?ans....
 and his lover Sophie Brzeska. The music score was by Michael Garrett (though music by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions....
 and Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin....
 was also used), and the cinematography by Dick Bush.

It starred Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin

Dame Dorothy Tutin Order of the British Empire, was a highly-regarded England actor of stage , film, and television.Tutin was "one of the most enchanting, accomplished and intelligent leading ladies on the post-war British stage....
, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, Order of the British Empire is a multi-award winnning English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career....
, Lindsay Kemp
Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Kemp is a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer.Born in South Shields on May 3 1938, Kemp was raised in Yorkshire and attended Bradford Art College before studying dance with Hilde Holger and mime with Marcel Marceau....
, Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan is an England character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts....
 and Michael Gough
Michael Gough

Michael Gough is a United Kingdom character actor who has appeared in over 100 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences by his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four original Batman movies, beginning with Batman ....
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Savage Messiah is a 1972
1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....
 biographical film
Biographical film

File:Soviet Union-1964-stamp-Chapayev .jpgA biographical motion picture—often portmanteau biopic—is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people....
 of the life of French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was a French sculptor who developed a rough hewn, primitive style of direct carving.Henri Gaudier was born in St. Jean de Braye near Orl?ans....
, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM. It was directed and produced by Ken Russell
Ken Russell

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell , is an England film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style....
 with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 by Christopher Logue
Christopher Logue

Christopher Logue, Order of the British Empire is an English people poet associated with the British Poetry Revival. He has also written for the theatre and film as well as acting in a number of films....
, based on the book Savage Messiah by H.S. Ede
Jim Ede

Harold Stanley Ede also known as Jim' Ede, was a United Kingdom collector of art and friend to artists.Ede studied painting at Newlyn Art School between 1912 and 1914 when he was called up in World War I....
. Much of the content of Ede's book came from letters sent between Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was a French sculptor who developed a rough hewn, primitive style of direct carving.Henri Gaudier was born in St. Jean de Braye near Orl?ans....
 and his lover Sophie Brzeska. The music score was by Michael Garrett (though music by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions....
 and Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin....
 was also used), and the cinematography by Dick Bush.

It starred Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin

Dame Dorothy Tutin Order of the British Empire, was a highly-regarded England actor of stage , film, and television.Tutin was "one of the most enchanting, accomplished and intelligent leading ladies on the post-war British stage....
, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, Order of the British Empire is a multi-award winnning English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career....
, Lindsay Kemp
Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Kemp is a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer.Born in South Shields on May 3 1938, Kemp was raised in Yorkshire and attended Bradford Art College before studying dance with Hilde Holger and mime with Marcel Marceau....
, Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan is an England character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts....
 and Michael Gough
Michael Gough

Michael Gough is a United Kingdom character actor who has appeared in over 100 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences by his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four original Batman movies, beginning with Batman ....
.

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