Cycle
From 05.11. To 26.11.2002.
Program of films by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
DIRECTORS
Films in cycle
49th Parallel
(1941)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Freddie Young
Synopsis:
At the beginning of World War II a damaged German U-boat gets stranded in the St Lawrence bay near Canada. The crew led by the fanatic nazi commander has to reach the territory of the still-neutral United States of America.
b/w, 107 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 05.11.2002 AT 19:00
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(UK, 1943)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Georges Périnal
Synopsis:
It is a story about Clive Candy, elderly British colonel, who fought in three wars, loved three women and formed an unbreakable friendship behind the enemy lines. During the Boer War he was sent to Berlin to catch a German spy. He became friends with a German officer Theo who married the girl Candy fell in love with. During World War I Candy married a girl who reminded him of his love from Berlin and helped Theo – a prisoner of war – return to his homeland. Their next meeting took place during...
color, 163'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 05.11.2002 AT 21:00
A Canterbury Tale
(UK, 1944)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Erwin Hillier
Synopsis:
A girl and two men arrive in a village in southern England. The girl is Alison Smith – a girl from London who got a job at the farm 'Land Girl'. The two men are Peter Gibbs – an Englishman who got drafted and has taken several days 'for himself' before he goes off to war and Bob Johnson – the American sergeant who was on his way to Canterbury and came to the village by mistake. On their way to the village Alison is attacked by the Glue Man, the attacker who pours glue on the hair of women. Peter...
b/w, 124'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.11.2002 AT 15:00
I Know Where I'm Going
(UK, 1945)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Erwin Hillier
Synopsis:
Joan Webster is a very modern woman. She has her life carefully planned out from a very young age. She gets engaged to a rich industrialist who has taken a lease on an island in the Hebrides, near Scotland. The life she discovers there is totally different from what she is used to. The girl who decided to marry for money slowly starts to wander if she really knows where she is going…
b/w, 91'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.11.2002 AT 17:00
A Matter of Life and Death
(UK, 1946)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jack Cardiff
Synopsis:
Returning from an assignment in May of 1945, Peter Carter's plane is damaged. His crew have either gotten killed during the mission or have jumped out with parachutes. He gets on the radio and talks to June, an American working for the RAF, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Carter decides to jump out with no parachute and quite unexpectedly survives. This offers him a chance to pursue the romance with the radio girl with whom he had shared his last words. However, officials in hea...
color and b/w, 104'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 19.11.2002 AT 19:00
Black Narcissus
(UK, 1947)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jack Cardiff
Synopsis:
Anglican nuns led by Sister Clodagh are trying to establish a religious community in the Himalayas. The mission is a true test of strength because they have to 'fight' distrustful locals along with their own demons… The film is an adaptation of Rumep Godden's novel. This melodrama won two Oscars in 1984.
color, 101'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 19.11.2002 AT 21:00
The Red Shoes
(UK, 1948)
Directed by: Michael Powell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jack Cardiff
Synopsis:
A romantic and tragic story about a brilliant young dancer who has to give up everything in order to become a great ballerina… The film is based on the story of the famous writer Hans Christian Andersen. It also won two Oscars and is one of the most popular films made by the Powell-Pressburger pair.