Movies directed by Emeric Pressburger

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

102 mins     Action , Drama, War      

A group of pilots are forced to ditch their plane after a bombing raid over Germany and end up parachuting in to Nazi occupied Holland where they try to evade capture. That doesn't sound that special and in fact you can almos...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

163 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

The year is 1943 and Winston Churchill is being awkward by preventing Laurence Olivier from appearing in Powell and Pressburger's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp". I reckon there would have been many a director who would...

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

91 mins     Drama, Romance      

On face value "I Know Where I'm Going!" is a relative obvious and simple movie, young woman on her way to be married finds herself in the company of another man when her journey is forced to grind to a halt. That idea has bee...

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

104 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Romance      

I'm going to say this now because quite simply you cannot do Powell and Pressburger's "A Matter of Life and Death" justice through words alone it is a movie which must be watched and experienced to fully understand why it is ...

Black Narcissus (1947)

100 mins     Drama      

Prior to watching "Black Narcissus" I knew what the story was about, a small group of Nuns setting up a convent high up in the Himalayas and finding it a battle be it the howling winds, the language barriers or their own demo...

The Red Shoes (1948)

133 mins     Drama, Musical, Romance      

Dusty and still sealed "The Red Shoes" has sat on my shelf for some time as whilst a highly praised movie I knew even without opening the case I would struggle to fully enjoy it. The thing is from a technical point of view I ...

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

119 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, War      

This is hard for me to say it but "The Battle of the River Plate" did very little for me as it struggled to draw me in to the unfolding drama based on a real wartime event. The annoying thing is that it is a nicely shot movie...