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The Debussy Film

on BBC One London

"Film that grips like an octopus" (Daily Express)
"Russell's ideas, carried out with superb boldness and certainty of technique, worked marvellously in terms of pictures and music." (Daily Mail)
"...explodes like an extravagant and unpredictable firework." (Sunday Telegraph)

Sunday Night offers another chance to see Ken Russell's award-winning feature on the strange circle of wives, mistresses, and friends surrounding the life and music of the French composer.
With Oliver Reed as Debussy, Vladek Sheybal as Pierre Louys
See page 14
(Boulez on Debussy: tomorrow on BBC-2 at 8.50 p.m.)

Contributors

Scenario/Directed and produced by:
Ken Russell
Scenario/Dialogue:
Melvyn Bragg
Debussy:
Oliver Reed
Pierre Louys:
Vladek Sheybal
Gaby:
Annette Robertson
Lily:
Penny Service
Madame Bardac:
Isa Teller
Secretary:
Stephanie Randall
Saint Sebastian:
Jane Lumb
Maeterlinck:
Vernon Dobtcheff
Chouchou:
Victoria Russell
Zohra the slavegirl:
Verity Edmett

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