Director
Tony Palmer
Composer
Henry Purcell
Cast
Simon Callow, Michael Ball, Rebecca Front
Edition 1996
153'
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1995
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Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
English
Henry Purcell was, and is, England's greatest composer. But much of his life is a complete enigma. Exactly where was he born? And when? Who was his father? And where did he live
during his tragically short life? All we know for certain is that he wrote over a thousand major
works. The late 17th century, the time of Purcell, was an astonishing moment in English
history. The scientist Isaac Newton, Christopher Wren - the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral,
the poets John Bunyan and Dryden,... these are some of the irrepressible characters who
peopled the age, and the film. And there is King Charles II and his thirty-nine mistresses...
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Credits
Directors
Tony Palmer
Composers
Henry Purcell
Cast
Simon Callow, Michael Ball, Rebecca Front
Scenario
John Osborne, Charles Wood
Director of Photography
Nicholas D. Knowland
Editors
Tony Palmer
Producers
Mike Bluett
More info
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom
Year
1995