Benjamin Britten Movies

A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Based on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the...

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed adaptation for film of the opera that Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based...

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...

This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century...

Two pairs of young lovers, more or less frustrated, flee into the woods to escape conventions and demands and to find their true selves. But the...

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written originally for Kathleen Ferrier, lies at the hear of...

This is a live performance of BENJAMIN BRITTEN's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" shot at Teatro del Liceu in April of 2005 featuring singers DAVID...

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...

Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and...

Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni,...

Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.

Children and childhood fascinated Benjamin Britten throughout his life and inspired some of his greatest music. John Bridcut's compelling film sheds...

A big evil one hides in the castle and is not friends with anyone. A cartoon about the importance of communication based on a fairy tale by Oscar...