Ken Russell Movies

An exploration of composer Anton Bruckner's numeromania during a nervous breakdown and stay at a sanatorium.

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in...

Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a...

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into...

An astonishing documentary of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. This partly dramatised account is remarkable for its sensitive...

A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists...

An investigation into nunsploitation, and why men find images of nuns involved in sexual situations erotic. The programme also controversially covers...

A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.

In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.

Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.

A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.

A short musical directed by Ken Russell.

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, Ken Russell's musical delight takes viewers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar...

A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture, his sources of inspiration and his influence on Picasso.

Documentary shows Ken Russell at work on various BBC TV documentaries, with clips from Diary of a Nobody, The Debussy Film, Always on Sunday, Don't...