Benjamin Britten Movies
- 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Fanny and Alexander7.7751982HD
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 Requiem6.61989HD
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...
- 1936
Night Mail
Night Mail6.0451936HD
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music101988HD
An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 2023
Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem
Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem02023HD
- 1967
The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Burning Fiery Furnace91967HD
Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
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Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...
- 1936
People of Britain
People of Britain01936HD
Short campaigning documentary putting the case for "peace by reason" rather than through re-arming.
- 1933
Cable Ship
Cable Ship01933HD
A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.
- 1994
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes01994HD
Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
- 1946
Instruments of the Orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra01946HD
British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...
- 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...
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2023
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille02023HD
- 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.
- 2023
Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera
Peter Grimes - Polish National Opera02023HD
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...
- 2010
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.