Honour, Profit and Pleasure is a 1985 British television film directed by Anna Ambrose and starring Simon Callow as George Frideric Handel, with an ensemble cast portraying a variety of other roles. It was broadcast to celebrate three hundredth anniversary of the year of the composer's birth in 1685. The film focuses on Handel's career in early Georgian London.[1]
Honour, Profit and Pleasure | |
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Genre | Period drama |
Written by | Anna Ambrose Peter Luke |
Directed by | Anna Ambrose |
Starring | Simon Callow |
Composer | Nicholas Kraemer |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Ann Skinner Michael Whyte |
Cinematography | Peter MacDonald |
Editor | George Akers |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Production company | Spectre Films |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | June 1985 |