Michael Powell Movies

Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing...

Concerning the adventures of a party of tourists on their journey from Cannes to visit the Islands of Lérins.

Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof...

Australian famer Kit Kelly and his new bride Anna are driving through Europe when they help a stranded motorist. They discover he is Antonio, a...

Examines laughter, its representation in film and its day to day function. Well known people from various backgrounds discuss the issue and what it...

Why do we cry? Can men cry too? When are tears acceptable and when are they not?

“Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital,...

A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....

A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a...

Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly...

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.

Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman...

Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual...

Ballet performed to Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice".

A 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle.

People who have experienced fear - those involved in the peace movement, a child, a politian and a film director - discuss the psychological and...

A tragedy told by an American visiting Lapland about Aila, daughter of a reindeer herder, who falls in love with Reino, a reindeer thief.