Honeymoon | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell |
Written by | Gregorio Martínez Sierra (ballet) Michael Powell Luis Escobar |
Produced by | Michael Powell Cesáreo González |
Starring | Anthony Steel Ludmilla Tchérina Antonio |
Cinematography | Georges Périnal Claude Renoir |
Edited by | Peter Taylor John Victor-Smith |
Music by | Manuel de Falla Mikis Theodorakis |
Distributed by | Suevia Films |
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Running time | 109 minutes 105 minutes (restored version) |
Country | United Kingdom / Spain |
Language | English / Spanish |
Honeymoon (Spanish: Luna de miel), also shown as The Lovers of Teruel in the United States, is a 1959 film by the British director-writer Michael Powell based in part on the ballet El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. The film stars Anthony Steel, Ludmilla Tchérina and Spanish ballet dancer Antonio, and features Léonide Massine.
The film functions as a travelogue around Spain with dance interludes, mainly set to the repeated theme of "The Honeymoon Song" by Mikis Theodorakis. Performed in the film by Marino Marini and his quartet, it was subsequently recorded by many performers, including the Beatles.
It is one of Powell's least regarded movies.[1]