The Powell & Pressburger Pages Dedicated to the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and all the other people, both actors and technicians who helped them make those wonderful films. A lot of the documents have been sent to me or have come from other web sites. The name of the web site is given where known. If I have unintentionally included an image or document that is copyrighted or that I shouldn't have done then please email me and I'll remove it. I make no money from this site, it's purely for the love of the films. [Any comments are by me (Steve Crook) and other members of the email list]

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - Pure Genius The Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society

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Screenings: Do you want to screen any P&P films? Park Circus hold the worldwide screening rights to many P&P films: The Red Shoes A Matter of Life and Death The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Black Narcissus I Know Where I'm Going! A Canterbury Tale Peeping Tom The Tales of Hoffmann 49th Parallel The Battle of the River Plate The Fire Raisers Ill Met By Moonlight The Phantom Light The Spy In Black The Thief of Bagdad Red Ensign Age of Consent They're a Weird Mob Contraband (aka Blackout) Oh... Rosalinda!! One of Our Aircraft is Missing The Thief of Bagdad Lazybones The Lion Has Wings The Small Back Room Lune de Miel (aka Honeymoon)

Rialto Pictures hold the distribution rights for The Tales of Hoffmann and Peeping Tom in the US

News Just In !!

• The English Heritage Blue Plaque to commemorate the life and work of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger was unveiled on 17th February 2014. After a campaign started 12 years ago.

• Black Narcissus (1947) will be screened at the NFT (BFI South Bank) on:
  Friday 31 March at 21:00 in NFT2
  Tuesday 12 April at 20:45 in NFT1
  Tuesday 19 April at 15:00 in NFT3

• A Matter of Life and Death (1946) will be shown at the Prince Charles cinema on Saturday 30th April at 12:30pm
  princecharlescinema.com

• Michael Powell's The Phantom Light (1935) will be shown by Kino Quickies.
  You can find details about all the films in the season here: kinoquickies.com and the date of The Phantom Light screening is April 10th.

• P&P related events & excursions
  If you know of any screenings of P&P films, please let me know

 

DVD & Blu-ray - Recent releases
If you know of any releases of P&P films, please let me know

• The Small Back Room
  • Pre-order the DVD or the Blu-ray from Amazon.co.uk Released on June 3, 2024

• One of Our Aircraft is Missing
  • Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon.co.uk from 27 Sept 2021

• Luna de miel (aka Honeymoon)
  • Buy the Blu-ray from Network on air from 19 July 2021
  • Buy the DVD from Network on air from 19 July 2021

• Oh... Rosalinda!!
  • Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon.co.uk from 12 Aug. 2019
  • Or buy the DVD from Amazon.co.uk from 12 Aug. 2019
    thanks Graham Johnson for telling me about it

• The Wild Heart plus Gone to Earth
  • Buy it from Amazon.com available from 25 June 2019
    Available as DVD or Blu-ray

• Age of Consent
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon.com From Mill Creek Entertainment, available from 2 June 2015
  • Buy the Blu-Ray from Amazon.com From Powerhouse Films, available from 23 November 2018

• A Matter of Life and Death From ITV Studios Home Entertainment, available from 8 Oct. 2018
  Limited Edition Steelbook
  • Available from Amazon UK at Amazon.co.uk

• A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) From Criterion, available from July 24, 2018. Thanks Dave & others.
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon.com
  • Buy the Blu-Ray from Amazon.com
  • Buy it from Amazon.com

• One of Our Aircraft is Missing on DVD & Blu-ray. From Olive Films, available in the US from 15th November 2016. Thanks Dave
  • Buy it from Amazon.com

• The Phantom Light on DVD. From Network DVD, available from 2nd November 2015
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon UK

• The Lion Has Wings on DVD. From Strawberry Media, available from 20 July 2015
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon UK

• A Matter of Life and Death (Irrtum im Jenseits) on DVD & Blu-ray. From Ascot Elite Home Entertainment, available from 14 April 2015. Thanks Scott.
  • Buy the DVD and the Blu-ray from Amazon.de

• The Silver Fleet on DVD. From Strawberry Media, available from 27 April 2015
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon UK

• The Lion Has Wings on region free DVD. From Elephant Films & ITV Studios, available from 5 May 2015. Thanks Samuel.
  • Buy the DVD from Amazon France

• The Tales of Hoffmann on region B Blu-ray & region 2 DVD. From Studio Canal, available from 23 March 2015.
  • Buy the Blu-ray & DVD from Amazon UK

• The Thief of Bagdad on region B Blu-ray. From Network, available from 26 January 2015. Thanks Richard
  • Buy the Blu-ray from Amazon UK

See the full list of all the P&P films available on DVD or Blu-ray

Music from the films

• Brian Easdale: Film Music (The Red Shoes / Battle Of The River Plate / Black Narcissus / Gone to Earth)
  On the Chandos label, recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Rumon Gamba and with Cynthia Millar as soloist on the Ondes Martenot on the music from The Red Shoes.
  These are new recordings, from the full original scores.
  • Buy the CD - Amazon.co.uk

See the full list of all of the music from the films that has been released on various media

New Books

• The Red Shoes
  By Pamela Hutchinson
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part VII)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part VI)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part V)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part IV)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• Theirs is the Glory - Arnhem, Hurst and Conflict on Film
  By David Truesdale & Allan Esler Smith
  Includes mention of Brian Desmond Hurst's work on The Lion Has Wings and other films made during the war
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part III)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• His Own Executioner: The Life of Nigel Balchin (paperback)
  By Derek Collett
• The Glass Pearls (paperback)
  By Emeric Pressburger
  Foreword by Kevin Macdonald and Caitlin McDonald
• The landscapes of dreams. Cinema by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. (Part II)
  By George Darakhvelidze
• The Essential Raymond Durgnat
  Edited by Henry Miller
  (Raymond was an early champion of P&P, especially during the "quiet years" when they were all but forgotten & ignored by everyone else.)
• Michael Powell's The Edge of the World - Then & Now
  By David W. Earl
• Our Eric: A Portrait of Eric Portman
  By Andy Owens
• 'I Live Cinema' : The Life and Films of Michael Powell
  By James Howard
• The Tales of Hoffmann
  By William Germano
  In the BFI Film Classics series
• Powell and Pressburger: A Cinema of Magic Spaces
  By Andrew Moor
  Now published in paperback
• Portraits: Fred Daniels
  By Nigel Arthur & Ewa Reeves, Fundacja Twarda Satuka, Warsaw, Poland
  The life and work of Archers' stills photographer Fred Daniels
• Star of India: The Life and Films of Sabu
  By Philip Leibfried, BearManor Media, OK, USA
• Michael Powell's Canterbury Tales
  By Paul Tritton, Parkers, Canterbury
• Photogénie du désir: Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger 1945-1950
  By Natacha Thiéry, Presse Universitaires de Rennes
• Landscapes of dreams: The Cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Part 1)
  By George Darakhvelidze, Globe Press, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
• A Matter of Life and Death: the Brain revealed by the Mind of Michael Powell
  By Diane Broadbent Friedman
  An expansion of Diane's earlier work exploring the medical aspects of AMOLAD

See the full list of books about the P&P films and the people that made them

Collecting signatures of P&P people

Biography of Roger Livesey
- recording some details about this great man

Statues on a Stairway
- sculptor of AMOLAD statues identified

Michael Powell: Interviews
- a book of interviews with Mr Powell

A Woman of Paris
- Michael Powell interviewed after seeing Chaplin's film

Smith (1939)
- Lost (or unknown) short film found

Various campaigns to honour Powell & Pressburger and other Archers in various ways have been started.

And what about some suggested remakes of the great films?
From the tongue in cheek department

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Regular stuff

• First we have the FAQ - Powell & Pressburger email list Frequently Asked Questions
  • PnP FAQ - Section 0. The Main Rules
  • PnP FAQ - Section 1. The Email Group.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 2. Powell and Pressburger Information.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 3. Unanswered Questions.
  • PnP FAQ - Section 4. Campaigns
  • PnP FAQ - Section 5. British English
  
  
• Google Search of this web site
• A Simple Search of this web site
  
  
• Other P&P games, puzzles & fun stuff

• Then Why people like P&P - a few reasons from some group members and some more famous people.
• A few biographies and pictures of PnP Group Members.
  
  
• The Archers Manifesto Emeric explains why they were so special.
• References to P&P films in other works.
• What about the ones that were never made for one reason or another
• Still wanted after all these years. (items I'm still looking for)

• The Powell and Pressburger Appreciation Society (PAPAS) email list.
  Find out what it's all about then Subscribe to PnP by sending an email to PnP+subscribe@groups.io for all the latest P&P news and gossip.

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Reviews and Articles

Some of the following are copies of various web sites I've found about Michael Powell & The Archers. I've copied them in here in case the real sites ever go away. (All original copyrights should be noted).

• Reviews and Articles
  
  
  • Emeric Pressburger - Master Storyteller
  • Michael Powell - the man himself

  • The Films

  • The People

  • Miscellaneous Articles

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Image Galleries:

Various images of posters, lobby cards, studio stills, portraits and many others

• Gallery of P&P images
  
  
  • The Films
  • The People

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Obituaries:

Obituaries of those Archers that are no longer with us
Includes information about grave sites and some visits to them.

• Obituaries for P&P people

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Locations & Trips:

• Locations used in the films

• Trips to various P&P related locations & events.

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Various other P&P connected stuff.

• P&P List Center
• Micky Powell on the IMDb
• Emeric Pressburger on the IMDb

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Classic Movies SafeSurf Rated

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