---
title: 'Priest of Love (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christopher Miles'
released: '1981-10-11'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/priest-of-love-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082940/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Priest of Love (1981)

1981 · 98 min · Drama, History · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Priest of Love is a 1981 British biographical film about D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda played by Ian McKellen and Janet Suzman. It was a Stanley J. Seeger presentation, produced and directed by Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally. The screenplay was by Alan Plater from the biography The Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore. The music score was by Francis James Brown and Stanley J. Seeger, credited jointly as "Joseph James".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christopher Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-miles)
- **Producer:** [Christopher Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-miles), [Andrew Donally](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-donally)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Plater](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-plater)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-moore)
- **Editor:** [Paul Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-davies)

## Cast

- [Maurizio Merli](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurizio-merli)
- [James Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-faulkner)
- [Ava Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-gardner)
- [Jorge Rivero](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-rivero)
- [Ian McKellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mckellen)
- [Massimo Ranieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-ranieri)
- [Penelope Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-keith)
- [Graham Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-faulkner)
- [Wolf Kahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-kahler)
- [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud)
- [Janet Suzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-suzman)

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