Orson Welles Movies

  • 1962
    River of the Ocean

    River of the Ocean

    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...

    River of the Ocean
  • 2022
    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

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    In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

    American: An Odyssey to 1947
  • 1968
    Portrait: Orson Welles

    Portrait: Orson Welles

    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...

    Portrait: Orson Welles
  • 1981
    Filming 'The Trial'

    Filming 'The Trial'

    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...

    Filming 'The Trial'
  • 1986
    It's All True: Four Men on a Raft

    It's All True: Four Men on a Raft

    It's All True: Four Men on a Raft

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    A dramatization of the heroic jangada voyage, from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro, undertaken by four impoverished fishermen to file grievances in...

    It's All True: Four Men on a Raft
  • 2005
    The Well

    The Well

    The Well

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    Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain.

    The Well
  • 1958
    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina

    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina

    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina

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    An unbroadcast 1958 essay-film by Orson Welles, blending documentary, personal reflection, and cultural portraiture in a subjective study of Italy...

    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
  • 2017
    The Magic History of Cinema

    The Magic History of Cinema

    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...

    The Magic History of Cinema
  • 2025
    Human Nature in Eleven Parts

    Human Nature in Eleven Parts

    Human Nature in Eleven Parts

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    Short vignettes explore different facets of human behavior and social issues.

    Human Nature in Eleven Parts
  • 1981
    Search for the Titanic

    Search for the Titanic

    Search for the Titanic

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

    Search for the Titanic
  • 1964
    The Finest Hours

    The Finest Hours

    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.

    The Finest Hours
  • 2021
    Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles

    Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles

    Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles

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    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...

    Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
  • 2012
    Magic Mirror Maze

    Magic Mirror Maze

    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...

    Magic Mirror Maze
  • 2023
    It's Pretty, but is it Art?

    It's Pretty, but is it Art?

    It's Pretty, but is it Art?

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    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,...

    It's Pretty, but is it Art?
  • 1933
    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    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.

    Twelfth Night
  • 1993
    It's All True

    It's All True

    It's All True

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    A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

    It's All True
  • 1984
    The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh

    The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh

    The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh

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    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...

    The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
  • 1979
    The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis

    The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis

    The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis

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    The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
  • 1953
    Return to Glennascaul

    Return to Glennascaul

    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...

    Return to Glennascaul
  • 1984
    The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail

    The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail

    The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail

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    Neil Hollander sailed a ten-meter sailboat nearly 25,000 miles meeting and working alongside those men who still earned their livings using...

    The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail