The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

Directed by

Jack Gold

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

15

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the true story of Quentin Crisp, a flamboyant gay man in early 20th century Britain. It follows his unapologetic life as an open homosexual, his various jobs including as a nude art model, and his encounters with prejudice.

biographicalcomicdefiantpoignantcandidstylishintimate

What happens

The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 made-for-television biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jack Gold and produced by Verity Lambert. It was adapted for film by Philip Mackie, based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same name. The movie stars John Hurt, Patricia Hodge and John Rhys-Davies. It was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on 17 December 1975 on the British channel ITV. In 1976, it was shown on the US channel WOR and later PBS when Thames Television and WOR exchanged programming for one week. For his performance, Hurt won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1976 and the production also won the 1976 Prix Italia. The title of the book and the film is derived from Crisp's time working as a nude model in a government-funded art school. In 2000, the film was placed fourth in a poll by industry professionals to find the BFI TV 100 of the 20th century, and was the highest ITV production on the list. The film was released on DVD in 2005. In 2009, Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York, which covered the latter years of Crisp's life spent in Manhattan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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