Benjamin Britten Movies
- 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Fanny and Alexander7.7721982HD
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...
- 1989
War Requiem
War Requiem6.71989HD
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music101988HD
An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 1937
Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger5.91937HD
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...
- 1997
Billy Budd
Billy Budd01997HD
John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose...
- 1981
Death in Venice
Death in Venice11981HD
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there meets a young man by whose beauty he becomes...
- 2001
Owen Wingrave
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Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...
- 1936
Night Mail
Night Mail6.1291936HD
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
- 1967
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Benjamin Britten and His Festival01967HD
A behind-the-scenes look at the Aldeburgh Festival and the opening by The Queen of the new concert hall at Snape.
- 2018
Gloriana
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Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and...
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
Britten: Nocturne02013HD
Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 1996
Jak se dělá opera
Jak se dělá opera01996HD
- 1967
The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Burning Fiery Furnace91967HD
Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.
- 2008
Britten: Peter Grimes
Britten: Peter Grimes02008HD
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...
- 2000
Gloriana
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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...
- 1979
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…01979HD
A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.
- 1982
The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant01982HD
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...
- 2020
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw62020HD
Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni,...
- 2023
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille02023HD