Alec Guinness Movies

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

Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their...

A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

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...

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

Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.

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

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....

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.

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

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,...

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...

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

Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.

"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...

Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.

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

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