Benjamin Britten Movies
- 1936
Message from Genova
Message from Genova01936HD
This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....
- 1963
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera01963HD
A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell...
- 1960
Los artistas plásticos de Chile
Los artistas plásticos de Chile01960HD
Visits the workshops of prominent Chilean painters and sculptors, a vision of artistic creation takes shape. Finally, the first Plastic Arts Fair in...
- 2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream - RSO
A Midsummer Night's Dream - RSO02023HD
Two pairs of young lovers, more or less frustrated, flee into the woods to escape conventions and demands and to find their true selves. But the...
- 2008
Death in Venice
Death in Venice02008HD
Benjamin Britten's 1973 opera, performed in 2008 at the Liceu Opera in Barcelona, Spain.
- 1936
People of Britain
People of Britain01936HD
Short campaigning documentary putting the case for "peace by reason" rather than through re-arming.
- 1933
Cable Ship
Cable Ship01933HD
A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.
- 2018
Gloriana
Gloriana02018HD
Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and...
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 1964
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem01964HD
First transmitted in 1964, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is performed at the Royal Albert Hall. The Melos Ensemble is conducted by Benjamin Britten,...
- 2023
The Turn of the Screw - I Teatri di Reggio Emilia
The Turn of the Screw - I Teatri di Reggio Emilia02023HD
In a remote country house, the newly-appointed governess arrives to take charge of the orphaned Flora and Miles. She must fight to protect them from...
- 1964
Benjamin Britten - In Rehearsal and Performance with Peter Pears
Benjamin Britten - In Rehearsal and Performance with Peter Pears01964HD
Benjamin Britten, Nocturne for Tenor, Chamber Opera Orchestra
- 1938
Advance Democracy!
Advance Democracy!01938HD
A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.
- 1936
Calendar of the Year
Calendar of the Year01936HD
- 2024
Britten: War Requiem
Britten: War Requiem102024HD
With the Russian soprano Irina Lungu, the British tenor Allan Clayton and the German baritone Matthias Goerne, a star cast has been found that ties...
- 2004
Noye's Fludde
Noye's Fludde02004HD
Recording by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation of Benjamin Britten's one-act opera, conducted by Nicholas Goldschmidt.
- 1935
Sixpenny Telegram
Sixpenny Telegram01935HD
Experimental GPO publicity film extolling the virtues of the telegram service.