Benjamin Britten Movies

  • 1982
    Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

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    As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father...

    Fanny and Alexander
  • 1981
    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

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    Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there meets a young man by whose beauty he becomes...

    Death in Venice
  • 1989
    War Requiem

    War Requiem

    War Requiem

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    During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying...

    War Requiem
  • 2017
    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

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    Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
  • 2013
    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

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    At the English National Opera, Deborah Warner has been directing Benjamin Britten's final opera, Death in Venice, conducted by Edward Gardner.

    Death in Venice
  • 1997
    Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

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    John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose...

    Billy Budd
  • 1937
    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

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    Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming...

    Love from a Stranger
  • 1988
    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

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    An irreverent survey of British Music.

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
  • 1982
    The Selfish Giant

    The Selfish Giant

    The Selfish Giant

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    A big evil one hides in the castle and is not friends with anyone. A cartoon about the importance of communication based on a fairy tale by Oscar...

    The Selfish Giant
  • 2023
    Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem

    Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem

    Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem

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    Benjamin Britten: Válečné rekviem
  • 1967
    The Burning Fiery Furnace

    The Burning Fiery Furnace

    The Burning Fiery Furnace

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    Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.

    The Burning Fiery Furnace
  • 1979
    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

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    A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.

    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
  • 2008
    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

    Britten: Peter Grimes

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    Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the burden of presumed guilt. This chilling production...

    Britten: Peter Grimes
  • 1996
    Jak se dělá opera

    Jak se dělá opera

    Jak se dělá opera

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    Jak se dělá opera
  • 2013
    Britten: Gloriana

    Britten: Gloriana

    Britten: Gloriana

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    Benjamin Britten’s opera Gloriana was written in 1953 for celebrations around the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to whom the...

    Britten: Gloriana
  • 2020
    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

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    Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni,...

    The Turn of the Screw
  • 2013
    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach

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    An open-air staging by Aldeburgh Music of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, on the beach that inspired the opera. A small seaside community struggles...

    Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
  • 1971
    Owen Wingrave

    Owen Wingrave

    Owen Wingrave

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    A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a...

    Owen Wingrave
  • 1936
    Night Mail

    Night Mail

    Night Mail

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    This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

    Night Mail
  • 1967
    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the Aldeburgh Festival and the opening by The Queen of the new concert hall at Snape.

    Benjamin Britten and His Festival