Emeric Pressburger

Documentary featuring rare archival material from the personal collections of Powell, Pressburger and Martin Scorsese.

When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes), and starring David Niven (Separate Tables).

The life of a soldier is shaped by the women he's loved, the wars he's faught, and a friendship that's strengthened with time in this classic drama.

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

An Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Aussies of the 1950s and '60s and blend in.

Michael Powell’s classic tale of a lovely young ballerina caught between love and her burning passion for dance...

Powell & Pressburger's 1947 psychological melodrama about the tensions that brew within a convent of nuns in an isolated Himalayan valley. Jack Cardiff won the Oscar for Best Cinematography (colour) for his stunning work on the film.