Ken Russell Movies
- 1961
London Moods
London Moods61961HD
Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the...
- 1997
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song6.51997HD
This documentary begins with Ken Russell posing the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an...
- 1962
Pop Goes the Easel
Pop Goes the Easel5.51962HD
Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor. It focused on 4 British Pop Artists...
- 1960
A House in Bayswater
A House in Bayswater61960HD
A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it. The...
- 1995
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue01995HD
Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano...
- 2007
10 Best Elgar
10 Best Elgar02007HD
A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.
- 2007
A Kitten for Hitler
A Kitten for Hitler4.72007HD
The result of a challenge from Melvyn Bragg to write a film that Ken Russell himself would be eager to see banned, was A Kitten For Hitler – a...
- 1959
Portrait of a Goon
Portrait of a Goon01959HD
Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,
- 1970
PuzzleFace
PuzzleFace01970HD
PUZZLEFACE - 18min short film (CAN) Episode #7 from Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground TV series starring: Denis 'SNAKE' Belanger & VOIVOD, Ken...
- 1962
The Lonely Shore
The Lonely Shore01962HD
One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists...
- 1960
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic31960HD
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...
- 1959
From Spain to Streatham
From Spain to Streatham61959HD
Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...
- 1956
Knights on Bikes
Knights on Bikes4.81956HD
A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.
- 1989
Il Mefistofele
Il Mefistofele51989HD
Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese...
- 1983
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait61983HD
South Bank Show documentary concerning the life and music of Ralph Vaughn Williams.
- 1966
Russell at Work
Russell at Work01966HD
Documentary shows Ken Russell at work on various BBC TV documentaries, with clips from Diary of a Nobody, The Debussy Film, Always on Sunday, Don't...
- 2006
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House02006HD
A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.
- 2007
Watch the Birdie
Watch the Birdie02007HD
The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.
- 1959
Scottish Painters
Scottish Painters01959HD
A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.
- 1987
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell01987HD
A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...