Benjamin Britten Movies

  • 1982
    Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

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    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...

    Fanny and Alexander
  • 1989
    War Requiem

    War Requiem

    War Requiem

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

    War Requiem
  • 1937
    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

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    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...

    Love from a Stranger
  • 1981
    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

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    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...

    Death in Venice
  • 2013
    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

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    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...

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
  • 2010
    Britten: Death in Venice

    Britten: Death in Venice

    Britten: Death in Venice

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    A staging of Britten's opera filmed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in June 2008.

    Britten: Death in Venice
  • 1936
    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    Night Mail

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

    Night Mail
  • 2008
    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

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    Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...

    Britten: Peter Grimes
  • 1997
    Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

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

    Billy Budd
  • 1979
    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

    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.

    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
  • 2023
    Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera

    Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera

    Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera

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    Peter Grimes lives from fishing. Raw and recluse, he finds himself at odds with the local community who accuse him of brutality towards his young...

    Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera
  • 1982
    The Selfish Giant

    The Selfish Giant

    The Selfish Giant

    01982HD

    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...

    The Selfish Giant
  • 1996
    Jak se dělá opera

    Jak se dělá opera

    Jak se dělá opera

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    Jak se dělá opera
  • 2006
    Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    02006HD

    This is a live performance of BENJAMIN BRITTEN's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" shot at Teatro del Liceu in April of 2005 featuring singers DAVID...

    Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 2013
    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

    02013HD

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

    Britten: Nocturne
  • 1988
    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

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    An irreverent survey of British Music.

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
  • 2004
    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

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    The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.

    The Turn of the Screw
  • 1960
    Los artistas plásticos de Chile

    Los artistas plásticos de Chile

    Los artistas plásticos de Chile

    01960HD

    Visits the workshops of prominent Chilean painters and sculptors, a vision of artistic creation takes shape. Finally, the first Plastic Arts Fair in...

    Los artistas plásticos de Chile
  • 1935
    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    6.11935HD

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

    Coal Face
  • 2020
    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    62020HD

    Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni,...

    The Turn of the Screw