David Lean Movies

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed...

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

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her...

A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young...

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

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.

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles...

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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

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.

Straight-to-DVD documentary produced by Passport International detailing the life of Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif with briefly concentrating on 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 espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous...

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to...

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

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...

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