Ken Russell Movies

  • 1960
    Journey Into a Lost World

    Journey Into a Lost World

    Journey Into a Lost World

    01960HD

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

    Journey Into a Lost World
  • 2002
    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle

    7.32002HD

    Russell revisits the life of composer Edward Elgar, using his own music as the score and featuring evocative, visually rich scenes, often set in the...

    Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle
  • 1998
    Dogboys

    Dogboys

    Dogboys

    5.91998HD

    Marine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault....

    Dogboys
  • 1966
    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

    5.41966HD

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

    Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
  • 1962
    The Preservation Man

    The Preservation Man

    The Preservation Man

    91962HD

    The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into...

    The Preservation Man
  • 1959
    Gordon Jacob

    Gordon Jacob

    Gordon Jacob

    01959HD

    A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

    Gordon Jacob
  • 1995
    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    71995HD

    Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano...

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
  • 1991
    Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

    Prisoner of Honor

    6.11991HD

    France, 1897: Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that leads to the imprisonment of...

    Prisoner of Honor
  • 2007
    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

    72007HD

    The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.

    Watch the Birdie
  • 1972
    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

    Savage Messiah

    6.41972HD

    In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple...

    Savage Messiah
  • 2002
    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher

    5.12002HD

    Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by...

    The Fall of the Louse of Usher
  • 1965
    The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

    The Debussy Film

    7.61965HD

    An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

    The Debussy Film
  • 1961
    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    71961HD

    Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known...

    Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
  • 1996
    Tales of Erotica

    Tales of Erotica

    Tales of Erotica

    3.91996HD

    Four erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings: 'The Dutch Master': a woman who enters a living painting; 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch':...

    Tales of Erotica
  • 1960
    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

    61960HD

    While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more...

    The Light Fantastic
  • 1997
    In Search of the English Folk Song

    In Search of the English Folk Song

    In Search of the English Folk Song

    7.51997HD

    Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from...

    In Search of the English Folk Song
  • 1986
    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

    01986HD

    Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

    A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
  • 1965
    Always on Sunday

    Always on Sunday

    Always on Sunday

    6.51965HD

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

    Always on Sunday
  • 1964
    French Dressing

    French Dressing

    French Dressing

    5.51964HD

    A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.

    French Dressing
  • 1959
    Portrait of a Goon

    Portrait of a Goon

    Portrait of a Goon

    01959HD

    Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

    Portrait of a Goon