Benjamin Britten Movies

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...

John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor...

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father...

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.

Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and...

B. Britten's famous opera, which became a major theatrical event in its production by the National Theater Brno... The story of the opera Peter...

A big evil one hides in the castle and is not friends with anyone. A cartoon about the importance of communication based on a fairy tale by Oscar...

Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.

A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a...

This TV production is from 1970 and the color picture is accordingly rich and beautiful. The sound however is below average for the era, but still...

Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming...

Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed adaptation for film of the opera that Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based...

Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...

With the war in Ukraine, Odessa Classics festival has found a temporary home in the Estonian capital. On the programme are works by Pärt, Mozart...