David Lean Movies

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by...

A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of...

Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian...

Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...

When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a...

In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles...

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.

George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests...

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair...

When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a...

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

A film about the life of A Passage to India author E M Forster, following his huge growth as a writer and the twists and turns of his personal life.

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he...

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.

Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame...

A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews...

After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his...