Benjamin Britten Movies
- 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Fanny and Alexander7.7711982HD
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...
- 1967
The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Burning Fiery Furnace91967HD
Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music101988HD
An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 1936
People of Britain
People of Britain01936HD
Short campaigning documentary putting the case for "peace by reason" rather than through re-arming.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 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...
- 1996
Jak se dělá opera
Jak se dělá opera01996HD
- 1994
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes01994HD
Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
- 1936
Night Mail
Night Mail6.11936HD
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...
- 2023
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été - Opéra de Lille02023HD
- 2023
Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem
Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem02023HD
- 2023
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes02023HD
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...