Orson Welles Movies

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles....

In October 1970, at his Hollywood home, Welles recorded voice-overs for short stories intended for use on special screens at the Sears chain stores....

In 1956, Orson Welles directed 'The Tragedy of Lurs', an episode of the television series 'Around the World' that was inspired by the murder of a...

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.

A colonial scene in the U.S. An old lady sits astride a bell while a man in blackface, wig, and livery pulls the bell rope. From an upper door...

Excerpts and fragments from different interviews with Orson Welles making a statement to journalists in fluent French about his career and his...

Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of...

A King's Story is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Harry Booth about the life of King Edward VIII, from his birth until abdication in...

A mockumentary look at the myths and realities surrounding aliens and UFOs. A hybrid of genres on the UFO subject.

Uplifting modern day parable about mankind getting along together. Narrated by Orson Welles. Animation directed by Sam Weiss.

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

Platos allegory of the cave as told by Orson Welles

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the...

Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.

An aspiring journalist faces the unimaginable when news of a nearby crash site comes over the radio. Based on “The War of the Worlds” by...

Orson Welles talks fantasy and magic in this short Vienna travelogue.

A vintage interview captures the artist reflecting on Citizen Kane and expounding on directing, acting and writing and his desire to bestow a...

The planning and implementation of the first flight to the moon, narrated by Orson Welles.

The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Herbert Kline. The film shows footage of great modern...