Michael Powell Movies

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

“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,...

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

“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 humble girl's rise to fame.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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