Ken Russell Movies

Scientist Joe Hartman introduces self-proclaimed Middle Eastern psychic Uri Geller to America.

Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.

In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.

A plucky young Jewish boy traverses the globe on a quest to warm the Führer's heart with the gift of a cuddly feline. (The result of a challenge...

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

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

Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

Ken Russell's engrossing examination of the great 20th-century composer tells Williams' story through the eyes of his widow, Ursula, with personal...

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

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

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in...

Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust...

A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.

A parable made in the manner of an old silent comedy about artistry and illusion.

In his hometown of Southampton, Ken Russell takes his young son and his aunts out to dinner, but the new traffic restrictions mean he can't get near...

A cine-opera retelling of the legend of Boudica, warrior queen and her uprising against the Roman occupiers of Britain.

Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.