Herostratus (film)

Herostratus
Directed by Don Levy
Produced by Don Levy
James Quinn
Written by Don Levy
Starring Michael Gothard
Gabriella Licudi
Antony Paul
Peter Stephens
Helen Mirren
Music by Halim El-Dabh
John Mayer
Cinematography Keith Allams
Distributed by BBC
Release date
  • 1967 (1967) (UK)
Running time
 142 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Australia
Language English

Herostratus is a 1967 British film directed by Australian director Don Levy, about a young man who wants to commit suicide in public by jumping off a tall building.

Cast

The film stars Mona Chin (Sandy), Michael Gothard (Max), Gabriella Licudi (Clio), Antony Paul (Pointer), and Peter Stephens (Farson); other parts are played by Hilda Marvin, Brigitte St. John, Malcolm Muggeridge, Vivienne Myles and (a then-unknown) Helen Mirren in her first film role.

Production

The title comes from the name of the Ancient Greek man Herostratus, who sought to immortalize his name by setting fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. Both the director and the lead actor would later commit suicide.[1]

The film features music by Halim El-Dabh.

It was co-produced by James Quinn, the British Film Institute and the BBC.

Release

First presented in January 1968 by Henri Langlois at the Cinémathèque Française in the Palais de Chaillot, the film was released in Paris in 1968 at Studio Saint-Séverin cinema.

Home video

The BFI has released the film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc through its Flipside strand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Levy, Don (1932-1987) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dvdoutsider". Dvdoutsider.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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