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  1. Movies
  2. The Drinking Party

The Drinking Party

1965
46m

Status

Released

Release

1965

Runtime

46m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
46m
Nov 14, 1965
Director
Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller
Production
BBC
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

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Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

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John Fortune

John Fortune

Phaedrus

Barry Justice

Agathon

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Pausanias

Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie

Alcibiades

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Aristophanes

Julian Jebb

Aristomedus

Darroll Richards

Waiter

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