Michael Powell Movies

Romance set in a chemical factory.

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

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a...

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

The tourist group are in Monte Carlo, where Mdm Papillion wins a fortune.

The tour comes to an end and the party returns to Cannes. The sheik's disguise is dropped and he disappears with all of Mme. Papilion's belongings....

A series of mysterious deaths in a Welsh lighthouse lead locals to believe it is haunted. But the new keeper is sceptical.

A corrupt bookmaker inherits a fortune by killing his step-daughter's husband and framing her lover.

Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'

Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him...

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...

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.

David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new...

In a ballet rendition of the Goethe story of the same name, a young inexperienced apprentice of a powerful wizard tries to use magic to get through...

In June 1980, Michael Powell came to Dartmouth as an artist in residence, developing and producing a fifteen-minute pilot film with the students...

After a masterful Shakespearean performance in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is sought for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. Later, Fred has...

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

When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after...

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