Savage Messiah is a 1972 British biographical drama film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM.

The film was based on the biography by Jim Ede, who had discovered the story while working at the Tate Gallery.

[3] Ede had acquired Sophie Brzeska's estate in 1927 from the British Treasury Solicitor after she died intestate.

Ede drew extensively on the letters written by Gaudier to Brzeska, and her writings and other material, when he published A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska (London: W. Heinemann) in 1930; the 1931 and later editions are entitled Savage Messiah.

He gave the lead roles to Dorothy Tutin, one of Britain's top stage actresses, and Scott Antony, a newcomer from drama school.

He said it and Song of Summer helped get him the job of directing Altered States, because it showed he could handle actors.