Alec Guinness Movies

A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed...

This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre....

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

Elderly novelist asks disliked guest to be literary editor.

Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their...

"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five...

Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy....

Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's...

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly...

Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...

Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young...

A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.

Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011,...

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.

England of Thomas Rowlandson's day, seen through his drawings and cartoons.

A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of...