John Gielgud Movies

Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her mercenary and socially ambitious mother ,...

John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The...

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet...

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

A play by Chekhov, starring Vivien Leigh and John Gielgud; it was Leigh’s final performance before her death in 1967.

French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock...

The true story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa's Serengeti plain. The journey of "The Leopard Son" begins at his...

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos...

An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar...

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet,...

These six video segments (10 minutes each) were originally developed for broadcast on Channel 4 as the second installment in the larger, never...

Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical...

An old patriarch at the gates of death, who has been married five times, reunites his family and indulges in a sadistic game with them.

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.

Captain Shotover, a retired seafarer, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters and their bohemian friends. As they indulge...

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

'Africa. Half-caste Legionnaire dies to save governor, the son of major who hates him.' (British Film Catalogue)

Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest.

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately...