John Gielgud Filmes

A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero...

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by...

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie...

Tony Palmer tells the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. John Gielgud reads from...

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet,...

The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It was a co production between the US and England...

Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his...

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

Performance of extracts from The Ages of Man is a one-man show performed by John Gielgud featuring a collection of speeches in Shakespeare's plays....

These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never...

'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue)

The true story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa's Serengeti plain. The journey of "The Leopard Son" begins at his...

Adapted from their letters and journals, this is a portrayal of the unique 25-year friendship shared by Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Benedictine nun),...

Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest.

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.