Michael Powell Movies

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...

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...

“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,...

The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona....

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.

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

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

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 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...

A humble girl's rise to fame.

Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress &...

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

Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol...

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

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