Oja Kodar

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor. ...

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind. ...

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick ...

Orson Welles Over Europe (2009)

When Orson Welles went into self-imposed exile in Europe, he first found stardom with The Third Man and then immersed himself in challenging films, television, theatre and bullfighting. Simon Callow trails the complex actor-director. ...

The Deep (2007)

An unfinished feature film directed by Orson Welles and based on Charles Williams's Dead Calm (1963), filmed between 1966 and 1969 off the Yugoslav coast. Starring Welles, Jeanne Moreau, and Laurence Harvey, the project follows a newlywed couple whose yach ...

Searching for Orson (2006)

Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of actress Oja Kodar and interviews with Steven Spielberg, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Henry Jaglom, Gary Graver, and Merv ...

The Other Side of Welles (2005)

Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of Croatia". Through the period of 25 years, he appeared as actor in several co productions made in Croatia (Dav ...

The Well (2005)

Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain. ...

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (2000)

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)

Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years). ...

Working with Orson Welles (1993)

"Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life. ...

Don Quixote (1992)

A posthumous 1992 reconstruction of Orson Welles's long-unfinished Don Quixote project, edited by Jesús Franco from footage shot between 1957 and 1972, following Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as they wander modern Spain in pursuit of chivalric ideals. (No ...

Jaded (1989)

After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual. ...

Someone to Love (1987)

A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness. ...

The Dreamers (1985)

The Dreamers (1985) is a posthumous short film assembled by Oja Kodar from unfinished footage directed by Orson Welles in 1982. Edited after Welles's death, the film derives from fragmentary material intended for an uncompleted adaptation of stories by Isa ...

The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day. ...

F for Fake (1973)

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a f ...

Orson's Bag: London (1971)

"London" is an unfinished short film project by Orson Welles, developed between 1968 and 1971 as part of his abandoned CBS television special Orson's Bag. Conceived as a series of satirical comedy sketches rather than a narrative film, the project consists ...

The Merchant of Venice (1969)

An unreleased 1969 made-for-TV short adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, produced, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Originally part of the abandoned CBS special Orson's Bag, the completed film later became partially lost due to missi ...

La donna a una dimensione (1969)

Paola, still young and married to a rich industrialist, seeks an outlet to the uselessness of her life by coming into contact with the young activists of the student movement, meetings she attends. Paula tries to convert even her teenage children Afdera an ...

Jerk in Istanbul (1967)

Vincent And Gregoire have just won a lot a money. The latter wants the whole pile and flies away to Turkey where he meets a compatriot, Appoline, and her boss Samos. ...

X-Ray of a Killer (1965)

The murder of a bandit gives a policeman the opportunity to unmask the activities of a spy. ...

Circle of Love (1964)

In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde. ...

Collision at the Paralels (1961)

Suspicious husband follows his wife and her male boss on their business trip. ...

A Piece of Blue Sky (1961)

A story about several people who share the same yard within their block, and a piece of blue sky above 'em. ...

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor. ...

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)

A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his ow ...

The Big Brass Ring (1999)

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him. ...

The Big Brass Ring (1997)

George Hickenlooper filmed five pages (two scenes) from Orson Welles' screenplay of "The Big Brass Ring" in 1997 in the hope of attracting interest in the project. The feature film version was released in 1999. ...

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)

Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years). ...

Time for... (1993)

Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that is attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. They manage to escape and hide in a nearby town, where Maria takes a job at the laundry and Darko joins the Croatian Defenders, leading to tragedy. ...

Don Quixote (1992)

A posthumous 1992 reconstruction of Orson Welles's long-unfinished Don Quixote project, edited by Jesús Franco from footage shot between 1957 and 1972, following Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as they wander modern Spain in pursuit of chivalric ideals. (No ...

Jaded (1989)

After getting beat up by her husband, a woman leaves home and seeks refuge at her cousin's place, surrounded by a strange assortment of people, including an equally abused transsexual. ...

The Dreamers (1985)

The Dreamers (1985) is a posthumous short film assembled by Oja Kodar from unfinished footage directed by Orson Welles in 1982. Edited after Welles's death, the film derives from fragmentary material intended for an uncompleted adaptation of stories by Isa ...

F for Fake (1973)

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a f ...