''Schiele in Prison'' is a 1980 British independent film directed by

Mick Gold Mick Gold (born Michael Gold, London, 7 August 1947) is a British documentary film maker, photographer and journalist, who has written for publications such as ''Creem'', '' Melody Maker'', and '' Let It Rock''. He has produced and directed six e ...

and starring David Suchet as Gustav Klimt, Grant Cathro as Egon Schiele and

Nicholas Selby Nicholas Selby (born James Ivor Selby, 13 September 1925 – 14 September 2010) was a British film, television and theatre actor. He appeared in more than one hundred television dramas on the BBC and ITV during the course of his career, inclu ...

as The Judge. The film dramatises the imprisonment of Schiele in

Neulengbach Neulengbach is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria. Population Historical personalities In 1911, the twenty-one year-old artist Egon Schiele met the seventeen-year-old Walburga (Wally) Neuzil, who lived with ...

in 1911, and looks at the authenticity of Schiele's prison diary, which was published after his death. The film was funded and produced by the Film Office of the Arts Council of Great Britain.

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Arts on Film Archive: Schiele In Prison
1980 films British independent films 1980 independent films 1980s British films {{1980s-UK-film-stub