The Battle of the River Plate Powell and Pressburger’s biggest commercial success was this rousing retelling of the pursuit of a German battleship by the British Navy during World War II. War 1956 119 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Black Narcissus Tensions grow when a group of nuns open a convent in the Himalayas in Powell and Pressburger’s remarkable melodrama, starring Deborah Kerr. Drama 1947 101 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger The Boy Who Turned Yellow A London schoolboy’s surprise transformation marks the final collaboration of great British director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Children's Comedy 1972 54 mins Michael Powell A Canterbury Tale Powell and Pressburger's most personal film combines a Chaucer-inspired pilgrimage with a war-time celebration of English landscape and values to create a gem of British cinema. War 1944 125 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Ill Met by Moonlight Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s film of the daring WII raid to capture a German commander, with Dirk Bogarde and Marius Goring. War 1957 100 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Powell and Pressburger’s masterpiece follows the rise and fall of a career soldier, from dashing and brave young officer in the Boer War to a pompous and old-fashioned Colonel by the time of World War Two. War 1943 164 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger A Matter of Life and Death Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s timeless romantic fantasy, with David Niven as an airman trapped between life and death. Fantasy War 1946 104 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Peeping Tom Michael Powell’s dark, disturbing, once controversial tale of a shy camera technician who films women as he kills them is now rightly deemed a classic. Drama 1960 101 mins Michael Powell The Phantom Light Michael Powell’s gothic mystery of a haunted lighthouse where insanity thrives. Comedy Fantasy 1935 72 mins Michael Powell The Red Shoes Moira Shearer’s ballerina is torn between love and her career in Powell and Pressburger’s hugely influential melodrama. Drama Fantasy 1948 135 mins Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger The Spy in Black A masterful thriller with true flair, The Spy In Black has a much larger importance: it threw Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger together for the first time. War 1939 79 mins Michael Powell
