Love is a Splendid Illusion (Original title)
Date: 1970 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Tom Clegg
Synopsis: A young London couple who have trouble remaining faithful to each other visit Italy where he sleeps with a German prostitute and the French wife of a British tourist. She finds that her lover from back home is also in town and he turns out to be a potential business contact for her boyfriend who uses her to get in contact with him.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: January 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Richard Schulman Entertainments
Title: [British Board of Film Censors Monthly List - March 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n445 February 1971 Page: 25
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n445 February 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9789 20 Mar 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9789 20 Mar 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3258 21 Mar 1970 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3258 21 Mar 1970: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7728 FeetBFI identifier: C-97221
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129245
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129700
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129668
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129669
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129670
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129673
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1970 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Tom Clegg
Synopsis: A young London couple who have trouble remaining faithful to each other visit Italy where he sleeps with a German prostitute and the French wife of a British tourist. She finds that her lover from back home is also in town and he turns out to be a potential business contact for her boyfriend who uses her to get in contact with him.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: January 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Richard Schulman Entertainments
Credits
(13)
Production Company: Piccadilly Pictures, Producer: Bachoo Sen, Production Manager: George Mills, Assistant Director: Ken Softley, [Assistant Director]: Chris Courtney, Screenplay: David Baker, Screenplay: Bachoo Sen, Director of Photography: Jack Atcheler, Editor: Glenn Hyde, Art Director: Hayden Pearce, Music: Wilfred Burns, Sound Editor: David Gilbert
Cast
(21)
Simon Brent (Christian Dubarry), Andrée Flamand (Michele Howard), Lisa Collings (Amanda Dubarry), Peter Hughes (Maurice Howard), Mark Kingston (Bernard Collins), Fiona Curzon (Liz), Maxine Casson (Debbie), Anna Matisse (Sophie), Carl Ferber (Jason), Nancy Nevinson (Amanda's Mother), Gay Soper (Blonde Girl in Bed), Margo Mayne (Mrs. Allen), Howard Bell (Bailiff), Chris Clark (Architect), Bill Futter (Man in Dark Glasses), Eunice Black (1st Catty Woman), Anne Clune (2nd Catty Woman), Sue Leighton, David Fennell, John Cooper, Liz Romanoff ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: British Board of Film Censors Monthly List March 1984Title: [British Board of Film Censors Monthly List - March 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n445 February 1971 Page: 25
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n445 February 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9789 20 Mar 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9789 20 Mar 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3258 21 Mar 1970 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3258 21 Mar 1970: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7728 FeetBFI identifier: C-97221
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129245
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129700
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129668
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129669
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129670
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundStock date: 1969BFI identifier: N-129673
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film