Memoirs of a Survivor (film)

Memoirs of a Survivor
DVD cover
Directed byDavid Gladwell
Written byDavid Gladwell
Kerry Crabbe
Doris Lessing
Based onThe Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
Produced byPenny Clark
Michael Medwin
StarringJulie Christie
CinematographyWalter Lassally
Edited byBill Shapter
Distributed byColumbia-Warner Distributors[1]
Release date
  • September 1981 (1981-09)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£800,000[2][3]

Memoirs of a Survivor is a 1981 British science fiction film directed by David Gladwell, with some scenes filmed at the location of Argyle Street, Norwich. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Doris Lessing.

  1. ^ "Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)". BBFC. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Moody, Paul (2018). EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 184.
  3. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 336
  4. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Memoirs of a Survivor". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.