Dance of the Seven Veils | |
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Screenplay by | Henry Reed Ken Russell |
Directed by | Ken Russell |
Starring | Christopher Gable Judith Paris Kenneth Colley |
Music by | Richard Strauss |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original languages | English German |
Production | |
Producer | Ken Russell |
Cinematography | Peter Hall |
Editor | Dave King |
Running time | 59 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 15 February 1970 |
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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.