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Ich, Christine Keeler (1963) Online

Ich, Christine Keeler (1963) Online
Original Title :
The Keeler Affair
Genre :
Movie / Biography / Drama
Year :
1963
Directror :
Robert Spafford
Cast :
Yvonne Buckingham,John Drew Barrymore,Alicia Brandet
Writer :
Robert Spafford,Matt White
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 30min
Rating :
6.6/10
Ich, Christine Keeler (1963) Online

A teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal.
Credited cast:
Yvonne Buckingham Yvonne Buckingham - Christine Keeler
John Drew Barrymore John Drew Barrymore - Dr. Stephen Ward
Alicia Brandet Alicia Brandet - Mandy Rice-Davies
Mel Welles Mel Welles - Yevgeni Ivanovich
Peter Prowse Peter Prowse - Domaren
Mimi Heinrich Mimi Heinrich - Marianne
Mandy Rice-Davies Mandy Rice-Davies - Herself
Christine Keeler Christine Keeler - Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Knud Hallest Knud Hallest
Lise Henningsen Lise Henningsen
Ole Ishøj Ole Ishøj
Gunnar Lemvigh Gunnar Lemvigh
Jimmy Moore Jimmy Moore
Carl Ottosen Carl Ottosen
Anita Rieneck Anita Rieneck

The film was refused a UK cinema certificate by the BBFC in December 1963.

In a pre-credits sequence, the real Christine Keeler introduces her story. before being replaced by actress Yvonne Buckingham.


User reviews

Goldcrusher

Goldcrusher

Keeler herself stars in the pre credits sequence. This is a shambolic film.Not till the last 10 minutes do they finally refer to John Profumo,who was the centre of the affair.Keeler is shown being tried in a mythical court.The film tends to concentrate on her relationship with Stephen Ward,strangely played by John Drew Barry more. There is one scene at a swimming pool where a pair of legs comes up to Keeler in the pool and suggests they meet up.That by inference is Profumo.
Doomredeemer

Doomredeemer

Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942) is a former English model and showgirl. Her involvement with a British government minister discredited the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in 1963, in what is known as the Profumo Affair.

In July of 1961, Ward introduced her to John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, at a pool party at Cliveden, the Buckinghamshire mansion owned by Lord Astor. Profumo entered into an affair with Keeler, not realizing that she was also sleeping with Yevgeny Ivanov, a naval attaché at the embassy of the Soviet Union.

Born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, she was raised by her mother and stepfather in two converted railway carriages in the Berkshire village of Wraysbury. At age 15, she found work as a model at a dress shop in London's Soho quarter. At 17, she gave birth to a son after an affair with 'Jim', an African-American sergeant from Laleham Air Force base. She discovered she was pregnant only after he had returned to the United States, and she tried to abort the baby herself with a knitting needle, but failed. The child was born prematurely on April 17, 1959, and survived just six days.

That summer, Keeler left Wraysbury, staying briefly in Slough with a friend before heading for London. She initially worked as a waitress at a restaurant on Baker Street and there met Maureen O'Connor, a girl who worked at Murray's Cabaret Club in Soho. She introduced Keeler to the owner, Percy Murray, who hired her almost immediately as a topless showgirl. While at Murray's she met Dr. Stephen Ward. Soon the two were living together with the outward appearance of being a couple, but, according to her, it was a platonic "brother and sister"-type relationship. (read full article at source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Keeler)

Ward was played by John Hurt in "Scandal" (1989). www.imdb.com/title/tt0098260/

He also appears in Anthony Frewin's 1997 novel London Blues.