The Debussy Film

Monitor

18th May 1965 1 hour 22 mins Season 8 Episode 15

Wives, mistresses, and the sinister Pierre Louys, artist, photographer, pornographer, make up the strange circle surrounding the life and music of the French composer. A new feature produced and directed by Ken Russell, author of the prize-winning Monitor film on Elgar.

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