Movies: Henry Purcell

  • 1966
    The Creatures

    The Creatures (1966)

    The Creatures

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    A writer decides to use the strange inhabitants of a small island as a basis for characters in his new book....

    The Creatures
  • 1976
    The Collection

    The Collection (1976)

    The Collection

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    Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity. The sinister anonymous phone call that di...

    The Collection
  • 2022
    Anhedonia

    Anhedonia (2022)

    Anhedonia

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    In a dystopian near future, a class of people are vaccinated with Anhedonia, a vaccine that causes the loss of pleasure and feelings in order to keep a population focused on farm work....

    Anhedonia
  • 1983
    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (1983)

    Beauty and the Beast

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    When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays, he starts feeling increasingly rejected and jealous, as his adolescent daughter starts looking for real beaus....

    Beauty and the Beast
  • 1966
    Born in '45

    Born in '45 (1966)

    Born in '45

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    Originally banned in 1966, East German director Jürgen Böttcher's tale of love and disillusionment among two newlyweds attempting to navigate the treacherous world of marriage was never officially released in his homeland until after reunification in...

    Born in '45
  • 2009
    Purcell: The Fairy Queen

    Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2009)

    Purcell: The Fairy Queen

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    Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell's huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty. Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for the drama which is partly spoken and partly sun. Based on an adaptati...

    Purcell: The Fairy Queen
  • 1978
    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

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    One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins....

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday
  • 2021
    Sycorax

    Sycorax (2021)

    Sycorax

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    Who is Sycorax? The first character in Shakespeare's "Tempest" to set foot on the island. The problem is that she has no voice. She is barely mentioned by Prospero as a crooked, old, wicked witch who vilely locked Ariel, the spirit of the air, in a ...

    Sycorax
  • 1992
    Williamswood

    Williamswood (1992)

    Williamswood

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    An experimental short film with themes of machinery, modernization and the human form. Produced as part of a program sponsored by Austrian machinery corporation EMCO....

    Williamswood
  • 1969
    Un cuento moral

    Un cuento moral (1969)

    Un cuento moral

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    Un cuento moral
  • 2010
    Dido and Aeneas

    Dido and Aeneas (2010)

    Dido and Aeneas

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    But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams... So begins Deborah Warner’s captivating 2008 production of Purcell’s timeless opera Dido and Æneas: a careful warning that...

    Dido and Aeneas
  • 1997
    Le roman de mon âme

    Le roman de mon âme (1997)

    Le roman de mon âme

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    Le roman de mon âme
  • 2023
    Untitled 1

    Untitled 1 (2023)

    Untitled 1

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    An experimental short film by Davi Gautto made as school project....

    Untitled 1
  • 2023
    Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu

    Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu (2023)

    Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu

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    Dido, founder and queen of Carthage, falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas and they conduct a passionate affair. Tricked into leaving Dido by an evil Sorceress, Aeneas prepares his fleet in secret for departure. Dido cannot live without Aeneas an...

    Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu
  • 1985
    Café Müller

    Café Müller (1985)

    Café Müller

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    Pina Bausch created and performed Café Müller for her dance company Tanztheater Wuppertal. The dance was inspired by and based on her childhood memories of watching her father work at his café in Germany during and immediately following World War II....

    Café Müller
  • 2015
    Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

    Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2015)

    Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

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    After the success of the DVDs devoted to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Cadmus & Hermione, Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique continue their exploration of repertoires of the 17th century.This piece, combining theatre and music, allowed Purcell t...

    Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
  • 1988
    Scattered Remains

    Scattered Remains (1988)

    Scattered Remains

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    Broughton reads his poetry over various images....

    Scattered Remains
  • 2019
    The Music

    The Music (2019)

    The Music

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    In the strip club, where Katya works as a dancer, she is always surrounded by music. Parties with friends, clubs, bars, portable speakers while walking - in her world there are practically no sounds other than dance music. She gets to the cottage, wh...

    The Music
  • 1969
    Purcell: Sacred Music

    Purcell: Sacred Music (1969)

    Purcell: Sacred Music

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    Honoring the legacy of renowned 17th-century English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, the talented Choir of Clare College performs a selection of his sacred music, including "Te Deum," "Jubilate," "Anthems" and "Funeral Music for Queen Mary." Recorded...

    Purcell: Sacred Music
  • 2005
    Dido & Aeneas

    Dido & Aeneas (2005)

    Dido & Aeneas

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    Henry Purcell's opera Dido & Aeneas, completed in 1689, was the subject of a memorable and breathtaking performance at the Staatsoper Berlin in 2005. In Dido & Aeneas Sasha Waltz opens up new horizons in music theatre, creating a fusion of dance, sin...

    Dido & Aeneas