Russell, Ken 1927-2011
Overview
Works: | 297 works in 1,358 publications in 8 languages and 13,935 library holdings |
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Genres: | Drama Film adaptations Musical films Horror films Biography Documentary films Biographical films Made-for-TV movies Science fiction films Rock films |
Roles: | Director, Author of screenplay, Producer, Author, Actor, Scenarist, Performer, Production personnel, fmd, Restager , Film editor, Editor, fmp, Interviewee, Other, fmk, Videographer , Dedicatee, Contributor |
Classifications: | PN1997, 791.4372 |
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Most widely held works about
Ken Russell
- Ken Russell by Gene D Phillips( Book )
- Ken Russell's films by Ken Hanke( Book )
- Ken Russell : a guide to references and resources by Diane Rosenfeldt( Book )
- Altered states : the autobiography of Ken Russell by Ken Russell( Book )
- Ken Russell : the adaptor as creator by Joseph A Gomez( Book )
- A British picture : an autobiography by Ken Russell( Book )
- Ken Russell( Book )
- An appalling talent : Ken Russell by John Baxter( Book )
- Ken Russell : re-viewing England's last mannerist( Book )
- Phallic frenzy : Ken Russell and his films by Joseph Lanza( Book )
- Raising hell : Ken Russell and the unmaking of The devils by Richard Crouse( Book )
- Directing film : from pitch to première by Ken Russell( Book )
- Die jüngere englische Romantik im Prisma des englischen Gegenwartstheaters : dargestellt an: Howard Brenton, Bloody poetry ; Liz Lochhead, Blood and ice ; Ken Russel, Gothic by Ines Knaack( Book )
- Ken Russell by Rino Mele( Book )
- Ken Russell, a director in search of a hero by Colin Wilson( Book )
- The sources and films of Ken Russell : the adapter as creator by Joseph A Gomez( )
- The authorised biography of Ken Russell by Paul Sutton( Book )
- The boy friend : the return of entertainment( Book )
- Ken Russell( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Ken Russell
Tommy by
Ken Russell(
Visual
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124 editions published between 1970 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the murder of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
124 editions published between 1970 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the murder of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
Women in love by
D. H Lawrence(
Visual
)
70 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A sensual investigation of the relationships of two couples, exploring the thin line between love and lust
70 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A sensual investigation of the relationships of two couples, exploring the thin line between love and lust
Altered states by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
49 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Research scientist Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) believes other states of consciousness are as real as everyday reality. Using sensory deprivation, then adding powerful hallucinogenic drugs, he explores these altered states ... and endures experiences that make madness seem a blessing
49 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Research scientist Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) believes other states of consciousness are as real as everyday reality. Using sensory deprivation, then adding powerful hallucinogenic drugs, he explores these altered states ... and endures experiences that make madness seem a blessing
Agatha Christie Marple(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Sleeping murder: Gwenda arrives in England, looking forward to her impending marriage and new life in a lovely old coastal estate. But she begins to experience visions and Miss Marple concludes that the bride-to-be witnessed a murder in that very house as a child. By the pricking of my thumbs: Miss Marple teams up with two detectives, Tommy and Tuppence, to investigate the suspicious death of Tommy's Aunt Ada and sudden disappearance of Ada's friend, Mrs. Lancaster. The moving finger: When Jerry Burton moves to Lymstock to convalesce after a motorcycle crash, he meets villagers who traffic in gossip and double-entendres. But the accusations in several anonymous poison-pen letters go beyond the usual prattle and result in two citizens to commit suicide. Or were they murdered? The Sittaford Mystery: Among the guests at a Dartmoor hotel, a séance starts out as an amusing diversion to apss the time on a snowy evening but then takes a sinister turn
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 450 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Sleeping murder: Gwenda arrives in England, looking forward to her impending marriage and new life in a lovely old coastal estate. But she begins to experience visions and Miss Marple concludes that the bride-to-be witnessed a murder in that very house as a child. By the pricking of my thumbs: Miss Marple teams up with two detectives, Tommy and Tuppence, to investigate the suspicious death of Tommy's Aunt Ada and sudden disappearance of Ada's friend, Mrs. Lancaster. The moving finger: When Jerry Burton moves to Lymstock to convalesce after a motorcycle crash, he meets villagers who traffic in gossip and double-entendres. But the accusations in several anonymous poison-pen letters go beyond the usual prattle and result in two citizens to commit suicide. Or were they murdered? The Sittaford Mystery: Among the guests at a Dartmoor hotel, a séance starts out as an amusing diversion to apss the time on a snowy evening but then takes a sinister turn
Antonio Gaudí by
Hiroshi Teshigahara(
Visual
)
4 editions published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book."--Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its subject. Almost wordless, this visual rhapsody is accompanied by music from composer Toru Takemitsu, whose free-floating East-meets-West impressionism and organic flow mimics the sprouting curvilinear shapes of Gaudi's buildings
4 editions published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book."--Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its subject. Almost wordless, this visual rhapsody is accompanied by music from composer Toru Takemitsu, whose free-floating East-meets-West impressionism and organic flow mimics the sprouting curvilinear shapes of Gaudi's buildings
Lady Chatterley by
Pascale Ferran(
Visual
)
42 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When her paralyzed husband urges the repressed Lady Chatterley to find fulfillment and an heir for his fortune in the arms of another man, she embarks on a journey that changes her forever
42 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When her paralyzed husband urges the repressed Lady Chatterley to find fulfillment and an heir for his fortune in the arms of another man, she embarks on a journey that changes her forever
Gothic by
Julian Sands(
Visual
)
60 editions published between 1986 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1816, a sprawling villa in Switzerland is the setting for a stormy night of horror and madness. Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Shelley's fiancée Mary Godwin, her stepsister Claire Clairemont and Byron's friend John Polidori spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears and share the terrifying fantasies that chase them through the castle that night
60 editions published between 1986 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1816, a sprawling villa in Switzerland is the setting for a stormy night of horror and madness. Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Shelley's fiancée Mary Godwin, her stepsister Claire Clairemont and Byron's friend John Polidori spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears and share the terrifying fantasies that chase them through the castle that night
Aria by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
29 editions published between 1986 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ten of the world's best-known film makers were given a free hand to make real any vision
29 editions published between 1986 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ten of the world's best-known film makers were given a free hand to make real any vision
The devils by
Oliver Reed(
Visual
)
46 editions published between 1971 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This film centers on the staggering true-life dementia of events in the 17th-century French city of Loudun. After Father Urbain Grandier, a priest who submitted to his own passions is accused of lewdness and sorcery by a sexually repressed nun, a mass exorcism is ordered for him and for an allegedly demon-possessed convent
46 editions published between 1971 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This film centers on the staggering true-life dementia of events in the 17th-century French city of Loudun. After Father Urbain Grandier, a priest who submitted to his own passions is accused of lewdness and sorcery by a sexually repressed nun, a mass exorcism is ordered for him and for an allegedly demon-possessed convent
The boy friend(
Visual
)
18 editions published between 1971 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of an assistant manager/gofer who is given a big chance after the leading actress hurts her ankle
18 editions published between 1971 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of an assistant manager/gofer who is given a big chance after the leading actress hurts her ankle
Mahler by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
62 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ken Russell's "Mahler" is a dazzling depiction of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler's turbulent marriage, passionate affairs, and rejection of Judaism
62 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ken Russell's "Mahler" is a dazzling depiction of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler's turbulent marriage, passionate affairs, and rejection of Judaism
The lair of the white worm(
Visual
)
14 editions published between 1988 and 2017 in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Lair of the White Worm tells the story of a woman who worships a pagan god, the White Worm. When a party of unsuspecting people visit her castle, she works her unique charms on one of the guests to use her as a sacrifice to the snake!
14 editions published between 1988 and 2017 in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Lair of the White Worm tells the story of a woman who worships a pagan god, the White Worm. When a party of unsuspecting people visit her castle, she works her unique charms on one of the guests to use her as a sacrifice to the snake!
The lion roars : Ken Russell on film by
Ken Russell(
Book
)
4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The music lovers(
Visual
)
24 editions published between 1970 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Not exactly a fact-based story of the Tchaikovsky's marriage, this is a lavishly produced picture with music played by the London Symphony Orchestra
24 editions published between 1970 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Not exactly a fact-based story of the Tchaikovsky's marriage, this is a lavishly produced picture with music played by the London Symphony Orchestra
Prisoner of honor(
Visual
)
13 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the true story of the Dreyfus Affair, one of the most notorious cases of criminal injustice in history
13 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the true story of the Dreyfus Affair, one of the most notorious cases of criminal injustice in history
Ken Russell : at the BBC(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Elgar: A partly dramatized account of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar
7 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Elgar: A partly dramatized account of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar
Billion dollar brain by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
11 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend in Helsinki. Palmer is suspicious of the flask and his friend's motives
11 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend in Helsinki. Palmer is suspicious of the flask and his friend's motives
Mary Higgins Clark's A crime of passion by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
31 editions published between 1984 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Intense drama about a beautiful prostitute and an obsessed, street-corner preacher
31 editions published between 1984 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Intense drama about a beautiful prostitute and an obsessed, street-corner preacher
Valentino by
Ken Russell(
Visual
)
34 editions published between 1976 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story opens with the super-star actor Rudolph Valentino in his coffin, dead at the age of thirty-one. As one by one the women in his life come to pay homage to "The Sheik," Valentino's rise from tea dance gigolo to screen idol unfolds in a series of extravagant flashbacks - highlighted by beautifully rendered sepia-toned recreations of his silent films. Freely mixing fact and fiction, director Russell, a man of ideas as well as baroque images, uses Valentino's life to comment on the destrucitve nature of the early Hollywood system and American code of machismo
34 editions published between 1976 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story opens with the super-star actor Rudolph Valentino in his coffin, dead at the age of thirty-one. As one by one the women in his life come to pay homage to "The Sheik," Valentino's rise from tea dance gigolo to screen idol unfolds in a series of extravagant flashbacks - highlighted by beautifully rendered sepia-toned recreations of his silent films. Freely mixing fact and fiction, director Russell, a man of ideas as well as baroque images, uses Valentino's life to comment on the destrucitve nature of the early Hollywood system and American code of machismo
Lisztomania(
Visual
)
14 editions published between 1975 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Outrageously hedonistic 'rockopera' casts contemporary rock god Roger Daltrey as the world's first music superstar, Franz Liszt. Loosely based on the life of the composer, the film takes a fantastical voyage through rock'n'roll excess and adventure, peppered with cameos from such pop icons as Ringo Starr (as the Pope) and Rick Wakeman (as Thor)
14 editions published between 1975 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Outrageously hedonistic 'rockopera' casts contemporary rock god Roger Daltrey as the world's first music superstar, Franz Liszt. Loosely based on the life of the composer, the film takes a fantastical voyage through rock'n'roll excess and adventure, peppered with cameos from such pop icons as Ringo Starr (as the Pope) and Rick Wakeman (as Thor)
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Alternative Names
HENRY KENNETH ALFRED RUSSELL
Ken Russell
Ken Russell brit rendező, forgatókönyvíró, színész és producer
Ken Russell britischer Filmregisseur und -produzent, Drehbuchautor und Schauspieler
Ken Russell Brits filmregisseur
Ken Russell brytyjski reżyser filmowy
Ken Russell director de cine inglés
Ken Russell réalisateur britannique
Ken Russell regista britannico
Russel, Ken 1927-2011
Russell, Alf 1927-2011
Russell, Alfred 1927-2011
Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred
Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred 1927-2011
Russell, Ken A.
Кен Расселл английский режиссёр
קן ראסל
كين راسيل
کن راسل
러셀, 켄 1927-
켄 러셀
ケン・ラッセル
ラッセル, ケン
肯·羅素
Languages
English
(578)
German (42)
Spanish (26)
Italian (19)
French (12)
Multiple languages (7)
Japanese (4)
Hebrew (1)
German (42)
Spanish (26)
Italian (19)
French (12)
Multiple languages (7)
Japanese (4)
Hebrew (1)
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