Ken Russell Movies

A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

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

The last five years of Frederick Delius's life through the eyes of a young composer and aide, Eric Fenby.

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

A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but...

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

An irreverent survey of British Music.

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

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

The life of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner and his numeromania.

The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his...

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.

Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano...

This biographical film of Czech composer Martinu is in two parts: the first part is a recurring dream; the second, a Freudian analysis of the dream.

Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.

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

Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a...

A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture (especially the Church of the Holy Trinity in Barcelona), his sources of inspiration and his influence...

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.