Orson Welles Movies
- 1962

River of the Ocean
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A documentary about the Atlantic Ocean, which tells of the coastal inhabitants' struggle with the sea, the secrets of the deep, and the benefits of...
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- 2022

American: An Odyssey to 1947
American: An Odyssey to 194702022HD
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...
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- 1968

Portrait: Orson Welles
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Excerpts and fragments from different interviews with Orson Welles making a statement to journalists in fluent French about his career and his...
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- 1981

Filming 'The Trial'
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An unfinished 1981 essay-documentary project by Orson Welles, based on a filmed Q&A session at USC following a screening of The Trial, intended as a...
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- 1986

It's All True: Four Men on a Raft
It's All True: Four Men on a Raft01986HD
A dramatization of the heroic jangada voyage, from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro, undertaken by four impoverished fishermen to file grievances in...
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- 2005

The Well
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Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain.
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- 1958

Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina6.71958HD
An unbroadcast 1958 essay-film by Orson Welles, blending documentary, personal reflection, and cultural portraiture in a subjective study of Italy...
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- 2017

The Magic History of Cinema
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The Magic History Of Cinema is an international documentary showcasing magic and movies long continued history and explores how the origins of cinema...
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- 2025

Human Nature in Eleven Parts
Human Nature in Eleven Parts02025HD
Short vignettes explore different facets of human behavior and social issues.
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- 1981

Search for the Titanic
Search for the Titanic01981HD
In “Search for the Titanic”, Orson Welles takes viewers into a massive expedition attempting to locate the remains of the famous...
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- 1964

The Finest Hours
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A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.
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- 2021

Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles92021HD
The story of famous actor and director Orson Welles is told through his two visits to the Republic of Ireland; first in his youth as a promising...
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- 2012

Magic Mirror Maze
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The famed Hall of Mirrors sequence of Welles' classic noir The Lady from Shanghai is transformed through a succession of four algorithmic...
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- 2023

It's Pretty, but is it Art?
It's Pretty, but is it Art?02023HD
As Orson Welles, I might say: Art is the grand illusion, a mirror reflecting the complexities of the human soul. It's a symphony of ideas, emotions,...
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- 1933

Twelfth Night
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The earliest surviving film of Orson Welles—a vignette of his and Roger Hill's production of "Twelfth Night" at the Todd School for Boys.
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- 1993

It's All True
It's All True7.61993HD
A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
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- 1984

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh61984HD
Orson Welles sits in his chair behind his typewriter where he sends a message out to his dying friend Bill Cronshaw: a passage from the journal of...
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- 1979

The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis01979HD
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- 1953

Return to Glennascaul
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Orson Welles, taking a break from the filming of "Othello," is driving in the Irish countryside one night when he offers a ride to a man with car...
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- 1984

The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail91984HD
Neil Hollander sailed a ten-meter sailboat nearly 25,000 miles meeting and working alongside those men who still earned their livings using...
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