Powell, Michael 1905-1990

The red shoes by Michael Powell ( Visual )
41 editions published between 1947 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,210 libraries worldwide
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the composer who loves her and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.

Black narcissus ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in English and held by 868 libraries worldwide
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith.

A life in movies : an autobiography by Michael Powell ( Book )
21 editions published between 1920 and 2000 in English and French and held by 689 libraries worldwide

The red shoes by Michael Powell ( Book )
11 editions published between 1948 and 2005 in English and held by 683 libraries worldwide
Victoria Page is torn between ballet and her love for Julian Craster.

The life and death of Colonel Blimp ( Visual )
29 editions published between 1942 and 2008 in English and held by 679 libraries worldwide
Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry that his age and military experience are held in contempt, and bewildered that his lifelong code of gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler.

The tales of Hoffmann ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1951 and 2009 in English and held by 638 libraries worldwide
The Tales of Hoffmann are three wondrous stories of romance, magic, and mystery arising out of the poet Hoffmann's misadventures in love.

I know where I'm going ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 533 libraries worldwide
A headstrong young woman travels to the Scottish Hebrides to marry a rich industrialist. On the way, she meets a young naval officer and realizes that some things are more important than money.

A Canterbury tale ( Visual )
17 editions published between 1944 and 2011 in English and held by 522 libraries worldwide
During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has something poured on to her hair by an unseen attacker. She is the latest victim of the Glue Man, a nocturnal rogue who harasses young women who date American soldiers. She, along with Bob and Peter, vow to track him down. Ostensibly a mystery, the film is principally a portrait of the bucolic English countryside during wartime.

49th parallel by Michael Powell ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1941 and 2007 in English and held by 471 libraries worldwide
As the voice over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazi's, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if Corporal Hirth and his six crew members can reach it, they can be repatriated to Germany with no fuss. But their trek across Canada becomes a fierce struggle to survive, as they encounter and are opposed in turn by Johnnie the trapper, a small Hutterite community, a Canadian intellectual, and a Canadian soldier gone AWOL.

Peeping Tom ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 471 libraries worldwide
A study of a voyeuristic maniac who kills women while filming them with his 16mm camera.