A British Picture 35 years old

Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and The Rainbow, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films. Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force, dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club and of course his career as a film-maker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor. Full of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights into the realities of the film director's life, A British Picture is a remarkable autobiography.

Credits

A British Picture Cast

Name Character
Vivian Russell
Ken Russell He was 61, 84 years old when he died
Molly Russell
Victoria Russell She was 27, now 62 years old

A British Picture Crew

Name Department
Dick Bush as Cinematography. He was 57 (65) years old when He died Crew
Ken Russell as Director. He was 61 (84) years old when He died Directing
Ken Russell as Writer. He was 61 (84) years old when He died Writing
A British Picture poster
A British Picture (35 years)

Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

  • Release day: Monday, March 20, 1989
  • Runtime: 50 minutes