Michael Powell Movies

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the...

Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric...

Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol...

In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved...

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands...

Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'

When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after...

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...

A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father's will—and runs away to France...

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to...

Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday...

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and...

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new...

The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action in WWI. When she gets the news she goes to stay with...