UK, 1978
52m
colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television special directed by Ken Russell.
Plot Summary
A biography of poet Samuel T. Coleridge which draws comparisons between his life and the narrative of his most famous work, The fantasy poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798).
Credits
Crew
Director: Ken Russell
Granada Television
Producer: Norman Swallow
Associate Producer: Diana Bramwell
Production Manager: Craig McNeil
Script: Melvyn Bragg, Ken Russell
Director of Photography: Dick Bush
Electrician in Charge: Alan Longshaw
Editor: Anthony Ham
Music: Benjamin Britten (from Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra; from Peter Grimes); Ralph Vaughan Williams (from Symphonies number 4-7)
Sound: Phil Smith
Dubbing Mixer: John Whitworth
Costume Designer: Shirley Russell
Wardrobe Supervisor: Catherine Halloran
Make-up: Deborah Dufton
Production Designer: Margaret Coombes, Michael Grimes, Alan Rutter
Graphic Designer: Jim Quick
Floor Managers: Les Davis, Bill Shepherd
Production Assistant: Milly Preece
Researcher: Margaret Watts
Locations: Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK; Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
Casting: Doreen Jones
Cast
Ben Aris (Robert Southey)
Imogen Claire (Spectre)
Peter Dodd (Hartley Coleridge)
Barbara Ewing (Asra)
Patricia Garwood (Edith Southey)
David Hemmings (Samuel T. Coleridge)
Felicity Kendal (Dorothy Wordsworth)
Ronald Letham (DeQuincey)
Kika Markham (Sara Coleridge)
Diana Mather (Mary Fricker)
Murray Melvin (Robert Lovell)
Henry Moxon (Dr Gillman)
Annette Robertson (servant)
Isabella Telezynska (Mrs Gillman)
David Warner (William Wordsworth)
