Ken Russell Movies

An exploration of composer Anton Bruckner's numeromania during a nervous breakdown and stay at a sanatorium.

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.

An illustration of various mechanical instruments, from the musical-box to 1950s electronica.

The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

A short directed by Ken Russell.

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

Scientist Joe Hartman introduces self-proclaimed Middle Eastern psychic Uri Geller to America.

Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust...

Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from...

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.

In his hometown of Southampton, Ken Russell takes his young son and his aunts out to dinner, but the new traffic restrictions mean he can't get near...

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in...

Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.

A cine-opera retelling of the legend of Boudica, warrior queen and her uprising against the Roman occupiers of Britain.

Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.

A parable made in the manner of an old silent comedy about artistry and illusion.