Ken Russell Movies

In an epic tale of good versus evil, Faust sells his soul to the Devil and tries to save Marguerite from an eternity in Hell.

Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and...

A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the...

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril...

The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.

Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love,...

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.

Documentary by Ken Russell that shows Alice traveling through a century of Russian's history, from the period of Tsarism, through Socialism and...

Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known...

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

Rock star Roddy Usher is confined to an insane asylum after murdering his wife. There, he is given various shock treatments by...

Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the...

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a...

A short promotional film for the 2010 Oldenburg Film Festival consisting of various actors and film personalities telling a joke about an...

A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in...