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1972 | DIRECTED BY KEN RUSSELL

Savage Messiah

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Movie Stats
Year
1972
Runtime
 97 minutes (1 hr 37 mins)
Select Cast
Helen Mirren
Ken Russell
Dorothy Tutin
Scott Antony
Lindsay Kemp
Michael Gough
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Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
1st October 1972
53 years 10 months 12 days ago
Total Grosses
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US total gross
  $666.9 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
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US tickets sold
392,265 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Release
US Box Office
  • Release: 1st Oct '72
  • Debut weekend: 3rd May '02
  • Debut position: 31
  • Highest position: 31
  • Debut gross: $169.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
ken russell Ken Russell
Starring
Dorothy TutinSophie Brzeska
Scott AntonyHenri Gaudier
ken russellHelen MirrenGosh Boyle
Lindsay KempAngus Corky
Michael GoughM. Gaudier
John JustinLionel Shaw
Aubrey RichardsMayor
Peter VaughanMuseum Attendant
Ben ArisThomas Buff
Eleanor FazanMdme. Gaudier
Otto DiamantMr. Saltzman
Imogen ClaireMavis Coldstream
Maggy MaxwellTart
Susanna EastPippa
Judith ParisKate
Robert LangMajor Boyle
Harry FielderAngry Man in Crowd
Howard GoorneyGendarme
Alexei JawdokimovLibrary Student
Sidney KeanAnnoyed Man in Library
Claire MarshallMaid
Paul McDowellAgitator
Dido PlumbTramp
Alex Russell
ken russellKen RussellPassenger Getting Off Train
David WarwickYoung Man
Henry WoolfGendarme
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North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
31
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
1
Total US Gross:
$666,850
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
3 May 2002
31N
$169,675
$666,850

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
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Box Office Standings: All-Time Top-Grossing Rankings

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News from around the web
Savage Messiah  Mountain Xpress Tue, 10th May 2011

Interview with Ken Russell  Eye For Film Tue, 20th February 2018

Savage Messiah by Laura Oldfield Ford - review | Society books  The Guardian Thu, 22nd December 2011

Trailers from Hell Bows Down to Ken Russell’s ‘Savage Messiah’  IndieWire Wed, 26th March 2014

Screen: Ken Russell's 'Savage Messiah,' Biography of a Sculptor, Opens (Published 1972)  The New York Times Thu, 9th November 1972

mirren savage messiah  Flashbak Wed, 17th March 2021

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