Aldous Huxley

Die Teufel von Loudun - Bayerische Staatsoper (2022)

Penderecki's Opera of an entire convent, in the small French village of Loudun, apparently possessed by the devil. ...

Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness (2019)

Take an animated journey into the depths of the human mind, exploring three psychedelic trips that changed Western culture forever. Sixty years later we sit down with twelve leading current thinkers to ask: "What can expanded states of mind teach us about ...

Brave New World (1998)

In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their minds are conditioned to follow the rules. A tragic outsider jeopardizes the status quo. ...

The Art of Tripping (1993)

Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.), this film documents just how influential drug experiences have been on the minds of great writers, poets and thinkers. ...

Brave New World (1980)

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways. ...

The Little Archimedes (1980)

The action takes place in Florence in the 1930s. Alfred, an Englishman who moved to that city in order to write a book on Giotto, meets a boy who is fond of music and mathematics, with whom he becomes close friends. Alfred goes to Switzerland, but one day ...

The Devils (1971)

In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun's witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit. ...

The Nagging Thoughts (1970)

A look at the advertising industry. ...

Science Fiction Is Us (1970)

A comparison of science fiction and real life. ...

The Devils of Loudun (1969)

This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil. ...

The Mona Lisa Without a Smile (1968)

Sent on assignment to write a report on a scientist from an industrial complex, Caius, an established author, bumps into former schoolmate Cosma. Together they attend the press junket, discovering the subject of Caius' assignment to be none other than thei ...

Das Lächeln der Gioconda (1966)

Das Lächeln der Gioconda (1953)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades. ...

Prelude to Fame (1950)

While holidaying in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A ...

A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected. ...

Jane Eyre (1943)

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in f ...

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking t ...

Big Data, Big Brother (2020)

The story of the cross destiny of George Orwell (1903-50) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), the genius authors of the two most groundbreaking novels of anticipation of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World; two lucid witnesses of the maledictions of the ...

Aldous Huxley and the Brave New World (2020)

Written in the early 1930s, Brave New World is still considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. This documentary delves deep into the life and work of its author, Aldous Huxley And The Brave New World he envisioned. ...

Huxley on Huxley (2009)

Italian-born Laura Huxley, a teenage violin virtuoso, played for European royalty and made her American debut at Carnegie Hall before leaving the concert stage to become a renowned psychotherapist and author. In 1956 Laura married Aldous Huxley, author of ...

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008)

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his f ...

Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD (2002)

Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, was being used by researchers trying to understand the human mind. This documentary is a fascinating look at the story of "acid" before it ...

LSD: The Beyond Within (1986)

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral judgmental, and features contributions from such legendary heroes of psychedelia as Albert Hoffman - the Swiss scient ...