Emeric Pressburger

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Tower, and saves his pet. ...

They're a Weird Mob (1966)

An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance. ...

Operation Crossbow (1965)

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and d ...

Behold a Pale Horse (1964)

Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared ...

Miracle in Soho (1957)

In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets Julia Gozzi, a barmaid, and "The Miracle" happens. ...

Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers. ...

Men Against Britannia (1957)

Based on the novel by Pierre Nord. ...

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are s ...

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

Pseudonym Dr. Falke follows his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna. ...

Twice Upon a Time (1953)

A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while there they start to hatch a plot to get back together. ...

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer. ...

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into help ...

Gone to Earth (1950)

Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin, a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her, despite the purer amorous inten ...

The Small Back Room (1949)

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. ...

The Red Shoes (1948)

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart. ...

The End of the River (1947)

A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder. ...

Black Narcissus (1947)

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sist ...

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl. ...

Wanted for Murder (1946)

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death. ...

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the ...

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury. ...

The Volunteer (1944)

After a masterful Shakespearean performance in a London theater, Ralph Richardson is sought for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. Later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly Navy) and become a hero, rescuing a pilot from his burning plane. When Fred arr ...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early ...

The Silver Fleet (1943)

The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation, a Shipyard owner and Chief engineer Jaap van Leyden is summoned to build ships for the German war effort. The commission would allow Leyden to build sophi ...

Squadron Leader X (1943)

Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgia ...

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians. ...

Breach of Promise (1942)

Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know. ...

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in o ...

49th Parallel (1941)

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet en ...

Atlantic Ferry (1941)

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone. ...

Contraband (1940)

During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. ...

Spy for a Day (1940)

During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles. ...

The Spy in Black (1939)

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet. ...

The Silent Battle (1939)

Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express. ...

The Challenge (1938)

Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865. ...

The Great Barrier (1937)

The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ...

Port Arthur (1936)

French-language version of Port Arthur (1936), a German language film (q.v.) co-produced by German, French and Czechoslovakian film interests. About espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval officer Bo ...

One Rainy Afternoon (1936)

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, an ...

Under Western Eyes (1936)

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official. ...

Parisian Life (1935)

A rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's 'La vie parisienne' which was playing at the time. Thirty five years later, he returns with his son and granddaughter, who is engaged to a young Fr ...

Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935)

A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema. The following year it was remade as an American comedy One Rainy Afternoon, released by United Artists. ...

My Heart Calls You (1934)

An opera company tries to get an engagement. ...

The Million Hunters (1934)

It tells the story of the funny situations that occur when the advertisements placed in an advertising agency are mixed up due to the carelessness of the staff working in the office. ...

Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming (1933)

Portrait photographer Lu Tiemann owns a white wire-haired terrier named "Stork." For Lu, the charming dog has a very specific purpose: to either jump into parked cars with men at the wheel, thereby attracting their attention, or to hide inside the car and ...

And the Puszta Gleams (1933)

Set on the Hungarian plains and in romantic Budapest, the film follows Rose Barsony's spirited dancer-singer and Wolf Albach-Retty's young noble as they navigate love, song and national pride. When the aristocratic family's fortunes are threatened by the h ...

The Old Scoundrel (1932)

The carefree squandering of Baron Inokay's wealth, the steward Gáspár Borly - who is called "the old scoundrel" behind his back - is rumored to have been stealing from the Baron's family for years and has amassed a large fortune. Baroness Mária Inokay, ...

A Girl and a Million (1932)

The French language version of Sehnsucht 202 (1932). ...

Gilgi: One of Us (1932)

A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married. ...

Sehnsucht 202 (1932)

After a mix-up with a newspaper advertisement, a shop-girl and a millionairess are mistaken for one another by two businessmen. A musical romantic comedy. ...

The Beautiful Adventure (1932)

Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run away together. They stay with her aged grandmother who assumes the young man (whom she doesn't know) to be th ...

Ronny (1931)

Käthe von Nagy plays Ronny, who designs the costumes for the upcoming premiere of an opera written by the young prince of Perusa (Willy Fritsch) and has to deliver them personally due to the urgency of the commission. Arriving there, the prince not only i ...

Emil and the Detectives (1931)

When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him. ...

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil (1931)

Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his prayer. (Lost film. ...

The Small Gap (1931)

The Little Escapade (1931)

A wife believes her husband has been deceiving her and decides to have some fun at his expense. After a bit of mischief, her husband, a lawyer who is preparing a divorce for a client, decides to start divorce proceedings himself. The wife then realises she ...

The Scoundrel (1931)

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)

Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. ...

A Pretty British Affair (1981)

Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films. ...

The Red Shoes (1948)

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart. ...