Priest of Love

Priest of Love
Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Christopher Miles
Produced by	Christopher Miles Andrew Donally
Written by	Alan Plater Harry T. Moore (biography)
Starring	Ian McKellen Janet Suzman Ava Gardner Penelope Keith Jorge Rivero John Gielgud Maurizio Merli James Faulkner Massimo Ranieri Graham Faulkner
Music by	Joseph James
Cinematography	Ted Moore B.S.C
Edited by	Paul Davies
Release date	11 October 1981 2nd cinema release = Enterprise Ltd., 8 November 1985 (Director’s cut for a Centenary Version)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Priest of Love is a British biographical film about D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda (née Von Richthofen). It was produced and directed by Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally. The screenplay was by Alan Plater from the biography A Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore. The music score was by Francis James Brown and Stanley Joseph Seeger, credited jointly as "Joseph James", the cinematography by Ted Moore.

The film was first released by Filmways in New York on 11 October 1981 and then by Enterprise Pictures Ltd in London with a Royal Premiere on 18 February 1982.

Subsequently, the film was re-cut in 1985 by the director, for the centenary of D.H.Lawrence’s birth, and was re-released in cinemas by Enterprise Pictures to a more commercial and critical success.

DVD’s

This 1985 Centenary Version was then re-mastered in 2011 for a new DVD release in the United States (Kino International – standard DVD & Blu-ray) and in the UK (Odeon Entertainment – standard DVD - 2012). The extras on both DVDs include interviews with Ian McKellen and Christopher Miles, and Penelope Keith narrates ‘The way we got it together’ on the making of the film.