Ken Russell Movies

Behind the scenes of the making of Ken Russell's 1971 film 'The Devils. Shown are the construction of the sets, filming of the courtroom scene, the...

This biographical film of Czech composer Martinu is in two parts: the first part is a recurring dream; the second, a Freudian analysis of the dream.

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

The life of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner and his numeromania.

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril...

The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and...

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.

This documentary begins with Ken Russell posing the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an...

The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".

Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow) of famed composer Kurt Weill performing many of his best known compositions for...

John Betjeman reminisces on Britain's great historical exhibitions since the 1870s: including Alexandra Palace, the Empire Exhibition at Wembley and...

The last five years of Frederick Delius's life through the eyes of a young composer and aide, Eric Fenby.

A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but...

Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese...

An illustration of various mechanical instruments, from the musical-box to 1950s electronica.

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.