Savage Messiah (1972)

6.3/10 103 min Drama

Overview

In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.

Cast

Dorothy Tutin

Sophie Brzeska

Scott Antony

Henri Gaudier

Helen Mirren

Gosh Boyle

Lindsay Kemp

Angus Corky

Michael Gough

M. Gaudier

John Justin

Lionel Shaw

Aubrey Richards

Mayor

Peter Vaughan

Museum Attendant

Eleanor Fazan

Mdme. Gaudier

Imogen Claire

Mavis Coldstream

Susanna East

Pippa

Judith Paris

Kate

Robert Lang

Major Boyle

Howard Goorney

Gendarme (uncredited)

Alexei Jawdokimov

Library Student (uncredited)

Sidney Kean

Annoyed Man In Library (uncredited)

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