The Pleasure Principle (film)
Encyclopedia
The Pleasure Principle is a 1992 British
comedy film
directed by David Cohen and starring Peter Firth
, Haydn Gwynne
and Lysette Anthony
. A modern-day Don Juan
enjoys relationships with several different women, but is still bemused by the mysteries of the opposite sex.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by David Cohen and starring Peter Firth
Peter Firth
Peter Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC show Spooks, of which he is the only actor to have starred in every episode of the show's 10 series lifespan...
, Haydn Gwynne
Haydn Gwynne
-Personal life:Born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex to father Guy Thomas Hayden-Gwynne, she played county level tennis before studying Sociology at the University of Nottingham, and is fluent in French and Italian...
and Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anthony is an English film, television, and theatre actress.-Early life:Anthony was born Lysette Chodzko in Fulham, London, the only daughter of actors Michael Anthony, and Bernadette Milnes....
. A modern-day Don Juan
Don Juan
Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...
enjoys relationships with several different women, but is still bemused by the mysteries of the opposite sex.
Cast
- Peter FirthPeter FirthPeter Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC show Spooks, of which he is the only actor to have starred in every episode of the show's 10 series lifespan...
... Dick - Chloe Davies ... The Girl he never made it with
- Haydn GwynneHaydn Gwynne-Personal life:Born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex to father Guy Thomas Hayden-Gwynne, she played county level tennis before studying Sociology at the University of Nottingham, and is fluent in French and Italian...
... Judith - Lysette AnthonyLysette AnthonyLysette Anthony is an English film, television, and theatre actress.-Early life:Anthony was born Lysette Chodzko in Fulham, London, the only daughter of actors Michael Anthony, and Bernadette Milnes....
... Charlotte - Sara Mair-Thomas ... Anne
- Sarah Campbell ... Linda
- Liam McDermott ... Clamper
- Stephen Finlay ... Policeman
- Lynsey BaxterLynsey BaxterLynsey Baxter is an English actress. Born in London, she began as a child actress in 1974 and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts...
... Sammy - Ian HoggIan Hogg (actor)Ian Hogg is a British actor.- Early life :He is the son of a doctor and was educated at Durham School, Durham University and the Central School of Speech and Drama...
... Malcolm - Francesca Folan ... Mrs. Malcolm
- Gordon WarneckeGordon WarneckeGordon Warnecke is an English actor of Indo-Guyanese and German descent.He is perhaps best known for his role as Omar in the 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette, costarring as the lover of Johnny...
... Policeman - Cliff ParisiCliff ParisiCliff Parisi is an English actor of Italian descent, largely recognised for his performance as Rick 'Minty' Peterson in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.-Career:...
... Policeman - Mark Carroll ... Bridegroom
- Chris Knowles ... Peter
- Lauren Tauben ... Betty
- Patrick Tidmarsh ... Yob