Movies: Henry Purcell
- 1966
The Creatures (1966)
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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....
- 1976
The Collection (1976)
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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...
- 2022
Anhedonia (2022)
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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....
- 1983
Beauty and the Beast (1983)
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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....
- 1966
Born in '45 (1966)
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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...
- 2009
Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2009)
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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...
- 1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)
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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....
- 2021
Sycorax (2021)
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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 ...
- 1992
Williamswood (1992)
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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....
- 1969
Un cuento moral (1969)
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- 2010
Dido and Aeneas (2010)
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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...
- 1997
Le roman de mon âme (1997)
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- 2023
Untitled 1 (2023)
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An experimental short film by Davi Gautto made as school project....
- 2023
Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu (2023)
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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...
- 1985
Café Müller (1985)
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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....
- 2015
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2015)
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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...
- 1988
Scattered Remains (1988)
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Broughton reads his poetry over various images....
- 2019
The Music (2019)
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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...
- 1969
Purcell: Sacred Music (1969)
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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...
- 2005
Dido & Aeneas (2005)
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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...