Benjamin Britten Movies
- 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Fanny and Alexander7.81982HD
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 Requiem6.4251989HD
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...
- 2013
Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach02013HD
An open-air staging by Aldeburgh Music of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, on the beach that inspired the opera. A small seaside community struggles...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2004
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw6.52004HD
The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.
- 2010
Britten: Death in Venice
Britten: Death in Venice02010HD
A staging of Britten's opera filmed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in June 2008.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 1994
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes01994HD
Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
- 1960
Los artistas plásticos de Chile
Los artistas plásticos de Chile01960HD
Visits the workshops of prominent Chilean painters and sculptors, a vision of artistic creation takes shape. Finally, the first Plastic Arts Fair in...
- 2023
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes02023HD
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 2001
Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave02001HD
Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music101988HD
An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 1971
Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave01971HD
A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a...
- 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.
- 1996
Jak se dělá opera
Jak se dělá opera01996HD