Orson Welles Movies

In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

A documentary about making a film, shot over a week.

This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William...

A surreal silent short composed of symbolic imagery and allegorical tableaux centered on themes of death and mortality.

Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.

A restored 1970 cinéma vérité conversation between Orson Welles and Dennis Hopper, filmed during the production of "The Other...

The Magic History Of Cinema is an international documentary showcasing magic and movies long continued history and explores how the origins of cinema...

An unfinished 1981 essay-documentary project by Orson Welles, based on a filmed Q&A session at USC following a screening of The Trial, intended as a...

The story of famous actor and director Orson Welles is told through his two visits to the Republic of Ireland; first in his youth as a promising...

The story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a...

As Orson Welles, I might say: Art is the grand illusion, a mirror reflecting the complexities of the human soul. It's a symphony of ideas, emotions,...

Drama describing the story of the building of Saint Peter's Cathedral, Vatican, Rome.

Orson Welles reads the poem especially for this film by Larry Jordan, which is dedicated to the late Wallace Berman, and is made possible by a grant...

Documentary about the inhabitants, both human and animal, of the Belgian Congo.

A deep dive into the history of São Paulo's avant-garde poetry movement, starting from fragments of the works of poet Augusto de Campos. A...

The earliest surviving film of Orson Welles—a vignette of his and Roger Hill's production of "Twelfth Night" at the Todd School for Boys.

A half-hour Cartrivision program in which Orson Welles performs literary selections associated with American writers George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, and...

Visual observation of psychic phenomena including psychic surgery, prior life regressions, skin vision, metal bending, and tongue skewing.