Christopher Gable, left, as Eric Fenby and Max Adrian as Frederick Delius
Directed by
Ken Russell
Screenplay by
Ken Russell
Eric Fenby
Based on
Delius As I Knew Him by Eric Fenby
Produced by
Ken Russell
Starring
Christopher Gable
Max Adrian
Maureen Pryor
David Collings
Cinematography
Dick Bush
Edited by
Roger Crittenden
Music by
Frederick Delius
Eric Fenby
Production company
BBC
Distributed by
BBC
Release date
1968 (1968)
Running time
72 minutes (DVD)
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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. The title is borrowed from the Delius tone poem A Song of Summer, which is heard along with other Delius works on the film's soundtrack.
It stars Max Adrian as Delius, Christopher Gable as Fenby, and Maureen Pryor as Jelka, with director Russell in a cameo role as a philandering priest. The cinematography was by Dick Bush, and the editing was by Roger Crittenden. It was shot on black-and-white 35mm film.[2]
It has received wide praise since its first screening, and Ken Russell said it was the best film he ever made and he would not have done a single shot differently.[3]
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