Michael Powell Movies

Based on the Béla Bartók opera, Duke Bluebeard reluctantly and gradually uncovers the secrets of his psyche to his fourth wife, Judit,...

A humble girl's rise to fame.

Michael Powell makes a moving return trip to the remote island of Foula, forty years after he shot his first major feature there - 'The Edge of the...

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...

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

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

This feature documentary examines a new global pandemic. This is a wake up call to the world to act now before it kills millions of humans every year.

“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,...

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

“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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