| Ride of the Valkyrie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Brook |
| Screenplay by | Peter Brook |
| Produced by | Lindsay Anderson Oscar Lewenstein |
| Starring | Zero Mostel Frank Thornton Julia Foster |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Edited by | Marlene Fletcher |
| Music by | Howard Blake |
Production companies | Woodfall Film Productions Holly Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | 1967 |
Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Ride of the Valkyrie is a 1967 British short comedy film directed by Peter Brook and starring Julia Foster, Zero Mostel, and Frank Thornton.[1]
Plot
An opera singer (Zero Mostel), dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theatre in time for his performance in Wagner's 'The Ride of the Valkyrie'.
Cast
- Zero Mostel
- Julia Foster
- Frank Thornton
Production history
It was originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein, then a director of Woodfall, as one third of a 'portmanteau' feature entitled Red, White and Zero, with sections supplied by Lindsay Anderson, Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz[2]
Reisz dropped out with his section becoming Brook's Ride of the Valkyrie. The two other planned sections of the film developed into what became Richardson's Red and Blue and Anderson's The White Bus. Of these, only The White Bus received a theatrical release in the UK.[3]
References
- ↑ McFarlane, Brian (1997). An Autobiography of British Cinema: As Told by the Filmmakers and Actors who Made it. Methuen. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-413-70520-4.
- ↑ Lindsay Anderson, Paul Ryan (ed) "Never Apologise: The Collected Writings", Plexus, 2004, p.105
- ↑ Paul Sutton (ed.) The Diaries: Lindsay Anderson, London: Methuen, 2004, p.146n.
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