Peter Watkins Movies

In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are...

A hypothetical Chinese invasion of South Vietnam triggers a new world war between East and West. In Rochester, Kent, the anticipation of a nuclear...

The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive...

Edvard Munch's childhood is overshadowed by death: he suffers the loss of his sister and mother, while enduring serious illness himself, almost...

World War II, 1940. When the Nazi hordes invade and occupy Great Britain, the English citizens are soon divided between those who choose to...

Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end...

In 1871, a journalist for Versailles Television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a Commune television is set up to provide the...

This 1963 film from the Central Office of Information looks at air traffic controllers in the control rooms at Prestwick and London airports.

Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is...

Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit...

Culloden, Scottish Highlands, April 16th, 1746. It was one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Great Britain. Its aftermath was...

A reconstruction of the Allied landing in occupied France during the Second World War.

Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter, receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly...

The Role of a Lifetime raises questions about the ethical and social responsibilities of the artist and about the relationship between cinematic...

A group of people working in film and television are gathered at a dinner party to discuss Australian media coverage of the Gulf War.

An introductory video to Punishment Park featuring Peter Watkins.

The documentary, 'Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit' (2017) by Tim Jones focuses upon the five amateur films produced between 1957 and 1962...

A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German...

Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent...

“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the...