Alec Guinness Movies

Though lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film, the weapon’s on-screen presence evolved...

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their...

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.

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...

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...

Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

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...

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly...

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

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

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,...

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

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.

England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

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

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

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....