Jack Cardiff Movies

Like so many other actors, Ava Gardner hated to watch her films. She said that the woman on the screen wasn't her. But all films tell two stories:...

A World War II drama-documentary showing the struggles of Merchant Navy seamen following an attack by a U-Boat. Western Approaches is a vast area of...

This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the...

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.

Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia's duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Soon after arrival, Renzo will get in a big trouble and he will be...

The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are...

An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.

A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

War and ballet in Polish/British unison.

Documentary about the making of the 1948 British film, including interviews with members of the production team.

A movie director and his wanna-be actor/eccentric inventor nephew are filming a low-budget sci-fi movie. Things get interesting when the nephews'...

This Traveltalks short showcases the Paris International Exposition of 1937. It features a tour of the pavillions of several nations, as well as the...

Filmed in 1938, less than a decade before Indian independence, Delhi has a curious tale to tell. ‘Delhi’, the viewer is informed,...

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She...

'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)

A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.

An examination of the great advances in cinematography achieved by Jack Cardiff.