Alec Guinness Movies

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's...

A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his...

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese...

Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian...

"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five...

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.

A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young...

Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy....

Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011,...

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.

This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre....

The dog in dreamland? Or at least one of us is…

A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of...