Ken Russell Movies

  • 1960
    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

    61960HD

    While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more...

    The Light Fantastic
  • 1996
    Tales of Erotica

    Tales of Erotica

    Tales of Erotica

    3.91996HD

    Four erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings: 'The Dutch Master': a woman who enters a living painting; 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch':...

    Tales of Erotica
  • 1989
    The Rainbow

    The Rainbow

    The Rainbow

    5.71989HD

    Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and...

    The Rainbow
  • 2002
    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    5.12002HD

    Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by...

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher
  • 1995
    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    71995HD

    Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano...

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
  • 2002
    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    7.32002HD

    Russell revisits the life of composer Edward Elgar, using his own music as the score and featuring evocative, visually rich scenes, often set in the...

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle
  • 1972
    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

    6.41972HD

    In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple...

    Savage Messiah
  • 1960
    Journey Into a Lost World

    Journey Into a Lost World

    Journey Into a Lost World

    01960HD

    John Betjeman reminisces on Britain's great historical exhibitions since the 1870s: including Alexandra Palace, the Empire Exhibition at Wembley and...

    Journey Into a Lost World
  • 1986
    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    01986HD

    Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
  • 1965
    The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

    7.61965HD

    An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

    The Debussy Film
  • 1966
    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    5.41966HD

    The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
  • 1961
    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    71961HD

    Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known...

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
  • 1998
    Dogboys

    Dogboys

    Dogboys

    5.91998HD

    Marine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault....

    Dogboys
  • 1991
    Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

    6.11991HD

    France, 1897: Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that leads to the imprisonment of...

    Prisoner of Honor
  • 1962
    The Preservation Man

    The Preservation Man

    The Preservation Man

    91962HD

    The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into...

    The Preservation Man
  • 1965
    Always on Sunday

    Always on Sunday

    Always on Sunday

    6.51965HD

    Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

    Always on Sunday
  • 2022
    The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

    The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

    The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

    72022HD

    The story of Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass) and Keith Moon (drums): The Who, one of the most original,...

    The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
  • 1964
    French Dressing

    French Dressing

    French Dressing

    5.51964HD

    A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.

    French Dressing
  • 2012
    Director of Devils

    Director of Devils

    Director of Devils

    02012HD

    Behind the scenes of the making of Ken Russell's 1971 film 'The Devils. Shown are the construction of the sets, filming of the courtroom scene, the...

    Director of Devils
  • 2007
    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

    72007HD

    The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.

    Watch the Birdie