Dance of the Seven Veils (film)

Dance of the Seven Veils
Screenplay byHenry Reed
Ken Russell
Directed byKen Russell
StarringChristopher Gable
Judith Paris
Kenneth Colley
Music byRichard Strauss
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish
German
Production
ProducerKen Russell
CinematographyPeter Hall
EditorDave King
Running time59 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release15 February 1970 (1970-02-15)
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Dance of the Seven Veils is a 1970 British television film about German composer Richard Strauss. The film, directed and produced by Ken Russell, was only screened once by the BBC. Following condemnation for its gratuitous sex scenes and the depiction of the composer as a Nazi sympathiser, Strauss' estate took out a legal injunction, banning the use of the composer's music on the film's soundtrack.

In February 2020, with the expiration of the composer's copyright after more than 70 years since Strauss died, the film was shown at a special screening event in Cumbria, England hosted by Russell's widow.