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• The Red Shoes | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page the brilliant young dancer who must give up everything if she is to become a great ballerina is one of Powell and Pressburger's most famous films. Creators of classics such as Black Narcissus A Matter of Life And Death and The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp they were renowned for their use of brilliant colour and wonderful costumes and with the exhilarating cinematography of Jack Cardiff were among the most influential film makers of their time. The Red Shoes is one of the finest examples of their work and has become an inspiration to artists film makers and musicians all over the world.

• The Queen Of Spades | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "The Queen Of Spades" from director Thorold Dickinson will open in cinemas on Boxing Day at key London sites as well as regional art-houses across the country, in total 12 dates on site, in association with the ICO.

• Powell & Pressburger Boxset | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £26.43   |  Saving you £-2.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.94

  This box set features a collection of Powell And Pressburger finest films. Includes: 1. The Tales of Hoffman (1951) 2. Black Narcisus (1946) 3. A Matter of Life & Death (1946) 4. The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 5. A Canterbury Tale (1944) 6. I Know Where I am Going (1945) 7. 49th Parallel (1941) 8. The Battle of the River Plate (1956) 9. Ill Met By Moonlight (1957) 10. They're A Weird Mob (1966) 11. The Red Shoes (1948)

• Lola Montes (1955) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (11/05/2020) from £23.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Lola Montès is a visually ravishing, narratively daring dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. With his customary cinematographic flourish and, for the first time, vibrant colour, Max Ophuls charts Montès's scandalous past through the bombastic ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) of the American circus where she ends up performing. Ophuls's final film, Lola Montès is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a meticulous, one-of-a-kind movie spectacle. Special Features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary featuring Max Ophuls scholar Susan White Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner, a 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators Max by Marcel, a new documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montès Silent footage of actress Martine Carol demonstrating the various glamorous hairstyles in Lola Montès Theatrical rerelease trailer from Rialto Pictures New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Gary Giddins

• The Red Shoes | Blu Ray | (06/07/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Gaslight (Dual Format Edition) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Blu-ray / DVD premiere release for the newly remastered version of Thorold Dickinson’s dark and menacing psychological 1940 classic. Based on Patrick Hamilton's celebrated stage play Gaslight is a harrowing and claustrophobic film about domestic fear. Anton Walbrook (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Red Shoes) stars as the terrifying husband who puts the sanity of his fragile and tortured wife (Diana Wynyard) under siege. The success of Gaslight on stage and film encouraged Hollywood studio MGM to buy the remake rights in the early 1940s with a clause insisting that all existing prints of Dickinson's British version be destroyed. Unseen for many decades this definitive version has been digitally restored by the BFI. Contents: First ever High Definition presentation Newly remastered by the BFI national archive Extras TBC Fully illustrated booklet with original essays

• Rank 70 Years | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  During the 1940s the Rank Organisation was a phenomenal success in the film world boasting five studios two newsreels a great many production companies a staff of 31 000 650 cinemas and an incredible turnover of 45 million. To celebrate 70 years of Britain's most acclaimed film studio this fantastic collection encompasses some of Ranks most prestigious and successful films. The Red Shoes The tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page the brilliant young dancer who must giv

• Sixty Glorious Years | DVD | (25/03/2019) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.

• Criterion Collection: The Life & Death of Colonel | Blu Ray | (19/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Queen of Spades (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (23/01/2023) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A breathtaking new restoration of Thorold Dickinson's 1949 classic THE QUEEN OF SPADES. Based upon a short ghost story by celebrated Russian author Alexander Pushkin, THE QUEEN OF SPADES is considered legendary filmmaker Thorold Dickinson's most accomplished piece of work. Starring Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes) and Dame Edith Evans (Scrooge, Tom Jones) it remains an atmospheric and macabre classic like no other. An army officer has become obsessed with playing cards. Convinced that an elderly countess possesses the secret of winning every game, the young officer's obsession leads him into a satanic world of madness, mayhem and murder where death is only the beginning. Product Features NEW - Anna Bogutskaya plays The Queen of Spades The Nightmare People: Thorold Dickinson on Saturday Night at the Movies Audio Commentary by Nick Pinkerton Introduction by Martin Scorsese Analysis of The Queen of Spades by Philip Horne Audio interview with Thorold Dickinson (1951) Audio Interview with Thorold Dickinson (1968) Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery Original Trailer

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Blu Ray | (22/10/2012) from £8.39   |  Saving you £9.60 (114.42%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the celebrated team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger comes this artistic masterpiece. Roger Livesey brilliantly portrays a British officer, Clive Candy, through the trials and tribulations of three wars, three loves and a lifelong friendship across enemy lines. Starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. Special Features: A Profile of the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - This exclusive 25 minute documentary includes interviews with cinematographer Jack Cardiff, Powell and Pressburger biographer Ian Christie and fan of the film Stephen Fry Martin Scorsese Restoration Piece Stills Gallery Biographies

• Oh... Rosalinda!! | Blu Ray | (12/08/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  British film legends Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger revisit the world of music once more in their comedy adaptation of Johan Strauss's Die Fledermaus, updated to post-war Vienna. A scintillating, light-hearted musical, it features memorable performances from Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Anton Walbrook and prima ballerina Ludmilla Tcherina as the titular Rosalinda. The film is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its original CinemaScope aspect ratio. Vienna, 1955 - a city under occupation by the four Allied powers. Through the chaos Dr Falke moves gracefully - an elegant man-about-town and friend to the highest echelons of power. He is decidedly less graceful, however, when he is deposited by a friend in the lap of a giant Soviet statue, rather the worse for drink and dressed as a giant bat. Falke swears revenge... Special Features: Image gallery PDF material

• Victoria the Great | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Anna Neagle takes the title role in Herbert Wilcox's sumptuous, award-winning biography of Queen Victoria marking both King George VI's coronation and the centenary of Victoria's own accession to the throne. Victoria the Great is an opulent yet engagingly human drama tracing the monarch's life from childhood through to her Diamond Jubilee and in particular her relationship with her beloved Prince Albert, played by Anton Walbrook. Shot in black and white with a spectacular Technicolor finale, the film was enormously popular and Neagle won huge acclaim for her sympathetic portrayal of Victoria. This classic feature is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the best available film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

• The Rat | DVD | (01/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This outstanding melodrama stars Anton Walbrook as a famous Parisian jewel thief whose life is irrevocably changed when he becomes the guardian of a vulnerable young woman. Based on the hugely successful screenplay by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier – already adapted for a trio of 1920s screen hits starring Novello in the title role – The Rat is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Jean Boucheron a.k.a. the Rat is a brilliantly elusive felon and a celebrity among the demi-monde of Montmartre. Then a fellow criminal who is about to be executed begs Jean to take care of Odile the lovely young daughter he has thus far shielded from the more sordid aspects of life. Odile goes to live with Jean but can she remain safe when he plans to steal a millionaire's pearls? Special Features: Image Gallery Original Promotional Material PDF

• Sixty Glorious Years | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £7.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A lavish sequel to 1937's celebrated film biography Victoria the Great, this sumptuous historical epic once again recounts the life and reign of Queen Victoria this time in glorious Technicolor. Given unprecedented access to the royal palaces, director Herbert Wilcox re-casts Anna Neagle as Victoria and Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert in a film which again met with worldwide acclaim. It is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the best available film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Beginning in 1840 with her marriage to Prince Albert against a backdrop of discontent and the spectre of revolution throughout Europe, the film shows key events and relationships during Victoria's reign, during which with the counsel of her 'angel', Albert the occasionally capricious queen won the deep affection of her people and redefined the role of the monarchy.

• The Queen of Spades (Vintage Classics) | DVD | (23/01/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A breathtaking new restoration of Thorold Dickinson's 1949 classic THE QUEEN OF SPADES. Based upon a short ghost story by celebrated Russian author Alexander Pushkin, THE QUEEN OF SPADES is considered legendary filmmaker Thorold Dickinson's most accomplished piece of work. Starring Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes) and Dame Edith Evans (Scrooge, Tom Jones) it remains an atmospheric and macabre classic like no other. An army officer has become obsessed with playing cards. Convinced that an elderly countess possesses the secret of winning every game, the young officer's obsession leads him into a satanic world of madness, mayhem and murder where death is only the beginning. Product Features NEW - Anna Bogutskaya plays The Queen of Spades The Nightmare People: Thorold Dickinson on Saturday Night at the Movies Audio Commentary by Nick Pinkerton Introduction by Martin Scorsese Analysis of The Queen of Spades by Philip Horne Audio interview with Thorold Dickinson (1951) Audio Interview with Thorold Dickinson (1968) Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery Original Trailer

• The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The artistic masterpiece about love, war and comradeship from the celebrated creators of "The Red Shoes" and "A Matter of Life and Death."

• La Ronde | Blu Ray | (17/06/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max Ophuls' wonderful film won a BAFTA and two Oscar nominations. Starring Simone Signoret, Simone Simon and Anton Walbrook as the enigmatic master of ceremonies who guides us through a series of amorous encounters in 1900 s Vienna. A soldier (Serge Reggiani) meets an eager young lady of the night and later has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid who then has an affair with the young master of the house. The young man then seduces a married woman and so spins on the carousel of romantic life...

• La Ronde | DVD | (17/06/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max Ophuls' wonderful film won a BAFTA and two Oscar nominations. Starring Simone Signoret, Simone Simon and Anton Walbrook as the enigmatic master of ceremonies who guides us through a series of amorous encounters in 1900 s Vienna. A soldier (Serge Reggiani) meets an eager young lady of the night and later has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid who then has an affair with the young master of the house. The young man then seduces a married woman and so spins on the carousel of romantic life...

• Films at War 1 | DVD | (12/11/2018) from £9.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WARN THAT MAN At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is due to stay at Lord Buckley's country estate. They devise a cunning plan of subterfuge and brute force wherein they intend kidnap Lord Buckley's guest and take him back to Germany... THE HASTY HEART Burma, 1945: a group of Allied soldiers languish in a military hospital, each man longing for the day he can return home. When told they will be joined by a young Scot who unbeknown to him has only weeks to live, they react with a mixture of compassion and trepidation. SO LITTLE TIME When war clouds burst over Europe for the second time in a generation, the Belgians again suffer the humiliation of occupation; Madam de Malvines and her daughter Nicole find their chateau outside Brussels partially requisitioned by Colonel von Hohensee, the local German commander. THE MAN FROM MOROCCO With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seek refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier the band is disarmed, detained and sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans.