Movie Description
The Drinking Party
(1965)Overview
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jonathan Miller
- Producer : Jonathan Miller
- Writer : Leo Aylen,Jonathan Miller
- Cast : Leo McKern,Alan Bennett,John Fortune,Barry Justice,Michael Gough,Robert Gillespie,Roddy Maude-Roxby,Julian Jebb,Darroll Richards
Cast
Socrates
Eryximachus
Phaedrus
Agathon
Pausanias
Alcibiades
Aristophanes
Aristomedus
Waiter
Facts
Original TitleThe Drinking Party
Status Released
Release Information
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1965-11-14
Original Language
Runtime 00h 46m
Production CompaniesBBC
