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Emeric Pressburger - what members say

The Red Shoes review by from England

A cinematic wet dream 5 July 2004
... like it should appear in an issue of 'Bunty', but in the hands of scriptwriter Emeric Pressburger it becomes something truly dark and overpowering. Moira Shearer plays a young, ... Read customer review

Gone To Earth review by Chunkysimon from Falkirk Scotland

aka The Wild Heart 16 August 2004
... in love with the wrong man and marries someone else. It's a Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film, but I have to say its probably the least favourite of the ones I've seen.... Read customer review

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp review by Drewr from Shetland

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 19 September 2010
...This is a true masterpiece, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, two of the finest cinematrogaphers of all. it appears to me they have everything that is needed, intelligenc... Read customer review

Emeric Pressburger - filmography

Ill Met By Moonlight on DVD (1957)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
A distinguished British cast, headed by 1950s heart-throb Dirk Bogarde, leads I'll Met By Moonlight--a Powell and Pressburger war film which is based on a true story. British agents conspire with local partisans to kidnap a prominent German General during the occupation of Crete in WWII. They ..read more »

62% from 718 members

Battle Of The River Plate on DVD (1956)
Starring: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Widely regarded as one of the best and most intelligent British war dramas of the 1950s, The Battle of River Plate is the story of Britain's first significant naval victory in WW2. John Gregson heads the cast as Captain Bell, skipper of the Exeter, one of several vessels engaged in pursuit of the ..read more »

68% from 1,553 member

Tales Of Hoffman on DVD (1951)
Starring: Moira Shearer, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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The Powell And Pressburger Collection contains eleven Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell films. Titles in the box set include: 1. A Matter of Life and Death 2. The Red Shoes3. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp4. A Canterbury Tale 5. I Know Where I'm Going 6. 49th Parallel 7. Battle of the ..read more »

67% from 199 members

Gone To Earth (1950)
Starring: Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's GONE TO EARTH, Hazel (Jennifer Jones), a beautiful young gypsy girl, falls for a local hunter (David Farrar) who wants to kill her pet fox. This simple yet breathtaking film was later re-edited as THE WILD HEART.

61% from 548 members
Not currently released

The Small Back Room on DVD (1949)
Starring: David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger [A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes], The Small Back Room is the story of the troubled love affair between a tormented back room scientist and a beautiful secretary, told against a background of ministerial intrigue and empire building...read more »

68% from 599 members

The Red Shoes - Blu-ray (1948)
Starring: Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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This seminal dance film, created Powell and Pressburger, in which an impresario takes a ballerina under his wing, deftly combines interpretive dance with drama. This acclaimed adaption of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale results in a marked triumph of artistic collaboration and modernity. More ..read more »

82% from 26 members
Currently unavailable

The Red Shoes on DVD (1948)
Starring: Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
This seminal dance film, created Powell and Pressburger, in which an impresario takes a ballerina under his wing, deftly combines interpretive dance with drama. This acclaimed adaption of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale results in a marked triumph of artistic collaboration and modernity. More ..read more »

71% from 4,675 members

Black Narcissus - Blu-ray (1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

74% from 325 members

Black Narcissus (1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

73% from 2,381 members
Not available for rental

A Matter Of Life And Death on DVD (1946)
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. He wakes up to find he has ..read more »

70% from 10,415 members

I Know Where I'm Going on DVD (1945)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Joan has known what she wants since early childhood. Now she's about to marry a millionaire, but a storm strands her on a Hebridean island and the forces of nature conspire to change her mind.

70% from 1,625 member

A Canterbury Tale on DVD (1944)
Starring: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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While World War II rages, an American G.I. and three Britons find themselves en route to the hallowed cathedral on the same Pilgrims' way taken by travelers some 600 years before and reported in Chaucer's epic poem.

69% from 1,577 member

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp on DVD (1943)
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's much-lauded epic Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which satirizes British traditionalism, stirred up impassioned hostilities and indignations among the Brits when released in 1943. It so infuriated Winston Churchill, in fact, that he refused to allow its ..read more »

73% from 3,465 members

49th Parallel on DVD (1941)
Starring: Eric Portman, Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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After being sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Canadian Air Force, six German U-boat survivors attempt to escape into the United States.

61% from 790 members

One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing on DVD (1941)
Starring: Hugh Burden, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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After being shot down over Nazi-occupied Holland, an RAF bomber crew attempt to make their way to England.

67% from 673 members

Fleet Air Arm At War And Peace
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Compiling rare and previously unseen footage, this programme profiles the Fleet Air Arm between 1943 and 1959. Includes footage directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

60% from 50 members
Not currently released

Emeric Pressburger facts

5 most recent films

Ill Met By Moonlight - 3.0 stars
Battle Of The River Plate - 3.5 stars
Tales Of Hoffman - 3.5 stars
Gone To Earth - 3.0 stars
The Small Back Room - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Black Narcissus - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Black Narcissus - 3.5 stars
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp - 3.5 stars
The Red Shoes - 3.5 stars
A Matter Of Life And Death - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Red Shoes - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Fleet Air Arm At War And Peace - 3.0 stars
49th Parallel - 3.0 stars
Gone To Earth - 3.0 stars
Ill Met By Moonlight - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Esmond Knight - 8 times - show films
Anton Walbrook - 7 times - show films
Marius Goring - 6 times - show films
Robert Helpmann - 5 times - show films
Roger Livesey - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Powell - 24 times - show films