List of the best Peter Watkins movies: Punishment Park(1971), Privilege(1967), The War Game(1966), Edvard Munch(1975) ... ...
Drama
USA
1971
88 Minutes
Director
Paul Alelyanes Carmen Argenziano Stan Armsted Harold Beaulieu Jim Bohan Kerry Cannon
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"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
101 Minutes
Director
Paul Jones Jean Shrimpton Mark London Max Bacon Jeremy Childs William Job James Cossins Frederick Danner
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Steven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in... See full summary »
Drama
1966
47 Minutes
Director
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Filmmaker Peter Watkins envisions the physical devastation and struggle for survival following a nuclear attack on Great Britain.
Biography, Drama
1975
215 Minutes
Director
Geir Westby Gro Fraas Johan Halsborg Lotte Teig Gro Jarto Rachel Pedersen Berit Rytter Hasle Gunnar Skjetne Kare Stormark Iselin Bast Eli Ryg
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The tormented Norwegian artist (Geir Westby), famous for "The Cry," struggles for recognition in the late 19th century.