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Document source:

American Film Institute

Publication date:

1981 Jan

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

5

Source pagination:

9-13

Document name subject:

Michael Powell

Document contains:

distribution co and production co

Related films:

• The edge of the world — Powell, Michael — Great Britain — 1937
• The spy in black — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1939
• The thief of Bagdad — Powell, Michael; Berger, Ludwig; Whelan, Tim — Great Britain — 1940
• Forty-ninth parallel — Powell, Michael — Great Britain — 1941
• One of our aircraft is missing — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1942
• The life and death of Colonel Blimp — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1943
• A Canterbury tale — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1944
• I know where I'm going! — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1945
• A matter of life and death — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1946
• Black narcissus — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1947
• The red shoes — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1948
• The small back room — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1949
• Tales of Hoffmann — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1951
• The battle of the River Plate — Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric — Great Britain — 1956
• Peeping tom — Powell, Michael — Great Britain — 1960
• Return to the edge of the world — Powell, Michael — Great Britain — 1978

Film country(ies):

Great Britain

Film language(s):

English and Gaelic

Film production company:

Anglo-Amalgamated Productions, Archers Production Company, Arcturus Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation Films, British Lion Film Corporation, British National Films, EMI Films, Great Britain. Ministry of Information, Independent Producers, London Films, Inc., Michael Powell (Theatre), Ortus Films, Poseidon Films, Rank Organisation, Rock Studios, and Vega Film Productions

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Adventure, Dance, Drama, Espionage, Fantasy, Feature, Historical, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Opera, Propaganda, Reality-based, Romance, Sequels, Thriller, and War

Film subject(s):

• Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship) -- Drama
• Americans -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Rode sko -- Film and video adaptations
• Arabian nights -- Film and video adaptations
• Artists -- Drama
• Balchin, Nigel, 1908-1970. Small back room -- Film and video adaptations
• Ballerinas -- Drama
• Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901. Contes d'Hoffmann -- Film and video adaptations
• Betrothal -- Scotland -- Drama
• Blimp, Colonel (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Bombing, Aerial -- Drama
• Bombs -- Drama
• British -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Canterbury (England) -- Drama
• Chaucer, Geoffrey, d.1400. Canterbury tales -- Drama
• Convents -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Culture conflict -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Dreams -- Drama
• Escapes -- Netherlands -- History -- Drama
• Espionage, German -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Foula Island (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Future life -- Drama
• Godden, Rumer, 1907- . Black narcissus -- Film and video adaptations
• Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama
• Heaven -- Drama
• Hebrides (Scotland) -- History -- Drama
• Hospitals -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Independent filmmakers -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Intercountry marriage -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Missions -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Naval battles -- Great Britain -- History -- Drama
• Nazis -- Drama
• Near-death experiences -- Drama
• Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama
• Nuns -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann -- Film and video adaptations
• Ordnance disposal units -- Drama
• Patriotism -- Drama
• Photographers -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Physically handicapped -- Drama
• Poets -- Drama
• Reminiscing -- Drama
• Scotland -- History -- Drama
• Scotland -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Serial murderers -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Drama
• St. Kilda (Scotland) -- History -- Drama
• Submarine captains -- Drama
• Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Scotland -- Drama
• Voyeurism -- Drama
• Weapons industry -- Employees -- Drama
• Women -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Drama
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe -- Drama
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German -- Submarine -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Drama

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