John Gielgud Movies

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

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

BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

Semi-Biographical film documenting the life of The Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of the beloved Thomas The tank Engine Stories

'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the...

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....

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in...

Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's...

French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock...

The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University.

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

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

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

Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge...

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

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately...

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