Cold Lazarus

TV Mini Series
1996
5h

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Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 nominations total

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Albert Finney

Daniel Feeld

Ciarán Hinds

Fyodor

Frances de la Tour

Emma Porlock

Grant Masters

Tony Watson

Ganiat Kasumu

Luanda

Carmen Ejogo

Blinda

Henry Goodman

David Siltz

Saffron Burrows

Sandra Sollars

Diane Ladd

Martina Masdon

Joe Roberts

Chris…

Tara Woodward

Beth

Rob Brydon

Karl

Anna Chancellor

Anna Griffiths

Claudia Malkovich

Kaya

David Foxxe

Andrew Milton

James Peck

Fyodor's Apartment Guard

John Light

Student Daniel

Terence Maynard

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Trivia
In the interview "Seeing the Blossom", Dennis Potter comments that he wrote "Cold Lazarus" and its prequel "Karaoke" based on the simple writer's premise: "If you wanted to make the world a better place, who would you kill?"

Goofs
When Dr. Glazunov destroys Daniel Feeld's frozen head at the end, the wall screen still displays his voyage through the tunnel of light to heaven, despite not being plugged into anything any more.

Quotes
David Siltz: Harry, do you have to be so fucking vulgar all the time?

Connections
Edited from Karaoke (1996)

Soundtracks
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston
Sung by Bing Crosby

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Stendahl's comment:

Stendahl's idea that fiction holds more truth than any written "history" is, or will be, aptly applied to Dennis Potter's _magnum opus_, "Cold Lazarus." Even recent merger news makes the "Total Universal Entertainment Corporation" seem more a reality, as does the recent "State of the World" report. We've much to learn from our artists, the fewer there are, day by day. All those who love literature should be grateful that such a one as Dennis Potter left us these gems for television, among the few there have ever been, or will be.... Look upon "Cold Lazarus" with a somber and reflective mind, for the future is by no means, "out there...."