The fire and the fool: behind the scenes of The Wicker Man – in pictures

It is the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1973 British folk horror masterpiece, a tale of paganism run riot on a remote Scottish island. Starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee, and directed by Robin Hardy, here are rarely seen photographs of the film-makers and cast on location in Scotland

• A special 5-disc Collectors Edition of the Wicker Man will be released by Studiocanal on 25 September