Secret Ceremony

"It's time to speak of unspoken things..."

1968 1h 49m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 71

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Synopsis

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A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

“It's time to speak of unspoken things...”

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Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Leonora
Mia Farrow
Cenci
Robert Mitchum
Albert
Peggy Ashcroft
Hannah
Pamela Brown
Hilda
Robert Douglas
Sir Alex Gordon (uncredited)
George Howell
First Cleaner (uncredited)
Penelope Keith
Hotel Assistant (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joseph Losey
Writers: George Tabori, Marco Denevi
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joseph Losey, shot by Gerry Fisher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Reginald Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Elizabeth Taylor and Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's time to speak of unspoken things...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joseph Losey directs. Gerry Fisher behind the camera. Richard Rodney Bennett scores. Reginald Beck cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
258 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Joseph Losey, shot by Gerry Fisher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Reginald Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Elizabeth Taylor and Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's time to speak of unspoken things...".
9IMDB entry: tt0063571 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Released under 20 different titles around the world.