Arena A Pretty British Affair (Season 7, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary

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Arena

A Pretty British Affair (Season 7, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary

Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films.

Directors

Charles Chabot | Gavin Millar

Writers

Charles Chabot | Gavin Millar

Producers

Charles Chabot | Gavin Millar

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 17, 1981

Release date

Nov 17, 1981 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 15 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Francis Ford Coppola Self Self See fewer	Apocalypse Now (1979)
Robert De Niro Self Self See fewer	Cape Fear (1991)
Deborah Kerr Self / Sister Clodagh (archive footage) Self / Sister Clodagh (archive footage) See fewer	The King and I (1956)
Jerry Lewis Self Self See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1963)
Roger Livesey Clive Candy / Dr. Frank Reeves (archive footage) Clive Candy / Dr. Frank Reeves (archive footage) See fewer	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Gavin Millar Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer See fewer	Dreamchild (1985)
Michael Powell Self Self See fewer	Peeping Tom (1960)
Emeric Pressburger Self Self See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
Martin Scorsese Self Self See fewer	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Conrad Veidt Captain Ernst Hardt (archive footage) Captain Ernst Hardt (archive footage) See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Kathleen Byron Sister Ruth (archive footage) (uncredited) Sister Ruth (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Black Narcissus (1947)
Karlheinz Böhm Mark Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited) Mark Lewis (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Peeping Tom (1960)
Roman Coppola Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Marius Goring Conductor 71 (archive footage) (uncredited) Conductor 71 (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
David Niven Peter Carter (archive footage) (uncredited) Peter Carter (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Murder by Death (1976)
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP (archive footage) (uncredited) Thomas Colpeper, JP (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Flora Robson Sister Philippa (archive footage) (uncredited) Sister Philippa (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Clash of the Titans (1981)
Sabu Abu (archive footage) (uncredited) Abu (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Moira Shearer Vivian / Victoria Page (archive footage) (uncredited) Vivian / Victoria Page (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
Sheila Sim Alison Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) Alison Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Anton Walbrook Boris Lermontov (archive footage) (uncredited) Boris Lermontov (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
Victoria Wyndham Self - listens to Powell speaking (uncredited) Self - listens to Powell speaking (uncredited) See fewer	Another World (1964)