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Emeric Pressburger

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One of Our Aircraft is MissingOne of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Portman, Bernard Miles, Hugh Williams
Brisk war–thriller about how a six man British aircrew must find their way back to England across the Occupied Netherlands. Raised above the…
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, TheLife and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
The numerous off–beat adventures of a British soldier are chronicled over a period of three wars, with Deborah Kerr playing all three of the…
Canterbury Tale, ACanterbury Tale, A (1944) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Porter, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
A typically uncategorisable Powell/Pressburger movie, that draws on British eccentricities to flesh out its simple story about three wartime…
I Know Where I'm Going!I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dame Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney
A headstrong Wendy Hiller seeks marriage and wealth on the Scottish Hebrides, but is sidetracked by true romance. The powerful landscapes and lyrical…
Black NarcissusBlack Narcissus (1946) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
Visually stunning film about a group of nuns who try to establish a mission on a remote Himalayan outpost in the face of formidable conditions. One…
Matter of Life and Death, AMatter of Life and Death, A (1946) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. David Niven
By a miracle, RAF pilot David Niven escapes certain death, only to find he must argue for his right to live before a 'heavenly tribunal'. A…
Red Shoes, TheRed Shoes, The (1948) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring
Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
Gone to EarthGone to Earth (1950) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
Marvellous Technicolor evocation of the rustic Welsh border–country, set around Jennifer Jones’ entry into the world of passionate desire and…
Tales of Hoffmann, TheTales of Hoffmann, The (1951) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Moira Shearer, Pamela Brown, Sir Robert Helpmann
Boldly visual imagining of Offenbach's 1880 opera which takes three tales of magic and deception by E.T. Hoffmann and weaves them into a disquieting…
Ill Met By MoonlightIll Met By Moonlight (1957)
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley
Conventional WW2 flick focused on a group of Resistance fighters in German occupied Crete who hatch a plan to kidnap the head of the German army.…

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