Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 5 films on Boxlist

Known for The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death and Black Narcissus.

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Directed by Emeric Pressburger

  1. The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    1948 · Film

    8.1/10 · TMDB

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for...

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  2. A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946 · Film

    7.8/10 · TMDB

    When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him.

  3. Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    1947 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their...

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  4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing...

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