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Song of Summer is a 1968 black-and-white television film co-written, produced, and directed by Ken Russell for the BBC 's Omnibus series which was first broadcast on 15 September 1968. [1] It portrays the final six years of Frederick Delius' life, during which Eric Fenby lived with the composer and his wife Jelka as Delius's amanuensis.
Jan 27, 2022 · Song of Summer is a 1968 black-and-white television film co-written, produced, and directed by Ken Russell for the BBC's Omnibus series which was first broad...
Song of Summer: Directed by Ken Russell. With Max Adrian, Maureen Pryor, Christopher Gable, David Collings. Traces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of the young composer Eric Fenby
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- Documentary, Biography, Music
- Ken Russell
- 1968-09-15
This film documentary of Delius is a period piece, and though it now comes over as high camp, it is marvellously cast. Max Adrian is riveting as a composer in the final stages of the clap, and so are the others in their roles of wife, amanuensis, friend or whatever.
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- English
- PAL
- 1 hour and 12 minutes
It was based on Eric Fenby's memoir Delius As I Knew Him, an autobiographical account of his painstaking efforts helping the blind, paralysed composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934) extract his last works from his head onto manuscript. Fenby co-wrote the script with Russell, and is played on screen by former Royal Ballet star Christopher Gable.
- Ken Russell
- BBC
- Ken Russell
- Ken Russell, Eric Fenby
This one is a portrait of Frederick Delius, but takes the unusual perspective of his amanuensis, Eric Fenby. The much younger Fenby was engaged near the end of Delius’ life to help the composer complete some of his works that had been left unfinished following the composer’s onset of blindness and paralysis brought on by syphilis.
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Delius: Song of Summer is one such biopic, rich in detail and a gem for any collection. Shot as part of a series of composer biographies by Ken Russell in the Sixties, the film charts the last few years of Delius's life, as seen through the eyes of his assistant, Eric Fenby. Delius (Max Adrian) is both paralysed and blind and it is this ...
