Emily

Emily (1976)

Evocative of the Roaring Twenties, "Emily" (Aka "The Awakening of Emily") is an erotic coming-of-age film featuring meticulous period detail and music. The sharp class distinctions of British society are blurred by the universal nature of sexual desire.

Date of release
1976-11-01
TMDB
3.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Henry Herbert

Casting

Interesting facts

Emily, also known as The Awakening of Emily, is a 1976 British erotic historical drama film set in the 1920s directed by Henry Herbert, produced and written by Christopher Neame, and starring Koo Stark.

Production

The film was produced by Christopher Neame, who also wrote the screenplay, claiming to have completed it in seventeen hours. It was intended as a vehicle for him to move into production, and Emily did indeed become his first film. He secured the services of Henry Herbert as director, together with his large house and estate in Wiltshire as location.

The director, Henry Herbert, had begun by making documentaries about musicians but was directing only his second feature film. His first had been Malachi's Cove (1974), starring Donald Pleasence,

which he had both written and directed, based on a short story by Anthony Trollope. The art director of Emily, Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, had also worked on Malachi's Cove. The film editor, Keith Palmer, had worked with Lodwidge on another country house picture, Blue Blood (1973), filmed at the nearby Longleat House. The film was Peter Bennett's first as assistant director.

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