Emeric Pressburger
1902 - 1988The Red Shoes
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Moira Shearer, Adolf Wohlbrück
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
The Red Shoes
A Matter of Life and Death
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
David Niven, Kim Hunter
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
A Matter of Life and Death
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr
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 out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Black Narcissus
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going!
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
I Know Where I'm Going!
A Pretty British Affair
Charles Chabot, Gavin Millar
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films.
A Pretty British Affair
The Small Back Room
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Sammy Rice, a highly-skilled but haunted bomb-disposal officer, must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.
The Small Back Room
The Tales of Hoffmann
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina
A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.
The Tales of Hoffmann
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Gone to Earth
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Jennifer Jones, David Farrar
Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.
Gone to Earth
Twice Upon a Time
Emeric Pressburger
Hugh Williams, Elizabeth Allan
A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp and they start to hatch a plot to get back together. - Steve Crook
Twice Upon a Time
The Battle of the River Plate
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
John Gregson, Anthony Quayle
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
The Battle of the River Plate
