Emeric Pressburger Movies

List of the best Emeric Pressburger movies: The Red Shoes(1948), Black Narcissus(1947), The Tales of Hoffmann(1951), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942), Gone to Earth(1950), Pursuit of the Graf Spee(1956), Night Ambush(1958), A Canterbury Tale(1944), I Know Where I'm Going!(1945), The Small Back Room(1949), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), The Elusive Pimpernel(1950) ... ...

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The Red Shoes

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

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Black Narcissus

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

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The Tales of Hoffmann

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.

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Gone to Earth

A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.

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Pursuit of the Graf Spee

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

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Night Ambush

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.

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A Canterbury Tale

A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).

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I Know Where I'm Going!

A young Englishwoman (Wendy Hiller) aims to marry a tycoon but finds love with a naval officer (Roger Livesey) instead.

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The Small Back Room

Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.

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The Elusive Pimpernel

London dandy Sir Percy (David Niven) dons disguises to rescue French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.

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Oh... Rosalinda!!

In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina) and her husband (Michael Redgrave) become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

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Stairway to Heaven

A British airman escapes death by mistake and resists the messenger who keeps summoning him to the beyond.

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