Ken Russell Movies

A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture (especially the Church of the Holy Trinity in Barcelona), his sources of inspiration and his influence...

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...

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.

Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.

An astonishing documentary of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. This partly dramatised account is remarkable for its sensitive...

DON’T SHOOT THE COMPOSER is far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue. It also serves as a calling card for Ken Russell, whose work would...

An illustration of various mechanical instruments, from the musical-box to 1950s electronica.

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

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

One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists...

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.

Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

Short documentary about Shelagh Delaney and her hometown Salford.

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

Video promo for Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now

About modern day pilgrims to Lourdes, France, and Our Lady of Lourdes, that brings out the religious hysteria and the commercialism of the alleged...