Murder in the Cathedral / The British Film Institute.

By:

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Original language: English Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 1962Description: 72 pages ; 21 cmOther title:

T.S.'s Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral

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LOC classification:

PS3509.L43 Mur 1962

Online resources:

Part of the Films on Demand collection.

Awards:

Won the prize for the Best Art Direction, and Best Film Costume at the Venice Film Festival, 1951

Summary: George Hoellering's powerful adaptation of TS Eliot's classic verse drama is a stark and highly atypical example of British historical cinema. Little-seen despite winning a top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the film recounts - entirely in verse - the clash between King Henry II and Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, over the limits of church authority. As Becket finds his resolve tested by four 'tempters' (the last of which is voice by an unseen Eliot), the film takes on a mystical atmosphere reminiscent of the great religious cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection	822.912 EL.M 1962 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	0003520

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Originally released by The British Film Institute, 1952.

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George Hoellering's powerful adaptation of TS Eliot's classic verse drama is a stark and highly atypical example of British historical cinema. Little-seen despite winning a top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the film recounts - entirely in verse - the clash between King Henry II and Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, over the limits of church authority. As Becket finds his resolve tested by four 'tempters' (the last of which is voice by an unseen Eliot), the film takes on a mystical atmosphere reminiscent of the great religious cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer and Ingmar Bergman.

Won the prize for the Best Art Direction, and Best Film Costume at the Venice Film Festival, 1951

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