The Debussy Film (1965)
1h 22m
Running Time
May 18, 1965Release Date
The Debussy Film (1965)
1h 22m
Running Time
May 18, 1965Release Date
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Plot.
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
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Cast & Crew.
Oliver Reed
Claude Debussy
Vladek Sheybal
Pierre Louÿs / Film Director
Annette Robertson
Gaby Dupont
Izabella Telezynska
Madame Bardac
Penny Service
Lily
Ken Russell
Director
Vernon Dobtcheff
The Actor
Melvyn Bragg
Writer
Stephanie Randall
Secretary
Ken Westbury
Cinematographer
Jane Lumb
Saint Sebastian
Allan Tyrer
Editor
Yvonne Antrobus
Stage Lily
Verity Edmett
Zohra, the slave girl
Janet Fairhead
Chouchou at 13
Alison Fiske
Maeterlinck's girlfriend
Ian Flintoff
Stage Debussy
Elna Pearl
Vasnier daughter
Yvette Rees
Stage Madame Bardac
Audrey Searle
Madame Vasnier
Keith Smith
Reporter
Fred Taylor
Monsieur Vasnier
Victoria Russell
Chouchou (uncredited)
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Wiki.
The Debussy Film: Impressions of the French Composer is a 1965 British television film about Claude Debussy. It was written by Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell, with Russell directing.
It was the first collaboration between Ken Russell and Oliver Reed. Russell cast Reed after seeing him in The System. It was the second to last film Russell made for BBC's Monitor. Always on Sunday would be the last.