Orson Welles Movies

A frog agrees to help a scorpion cross a river despite the frog's suspicions.

Filmed in 1960 during a break in the production of "Ferry to Hong Kong," this short documentary records Orson Welles’s three-week journey...

Film, Stage and Radio director; Film, Stage and Radio Actor; Author; Magician; Musician.

Explores the history of the woolen textile industry from earliest times until the present day.

A standalone archival recording of Orson Welles performing Shylock’s “Hath not a Jew eyes” monologue, filmed independently in the...

Carried by a rich narration from Orson Welles, this rarely seen 1973 animated adaptation of Plato’s 'allegory of the cave' populates the tale...

Four years in the lives of five high school students and the trials and tribulations they face while falling in love and growing up.

A lost 1956 television pilot created by Orson Welles for a proposed documentary series. The filmed episode, “Camille, the Naked Lady and the...

An unfinished 1971 film project in which Orson Welles performs readings from Moby Dick against a minimalist blue-screen setting, conceived as a...

A Roaring Twenties escapade about a small-time crook turned vaudeville theater owner.

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

A small disillusioned creature searches for meaning in an increasingly weird world.

One million people. One voice: stop the nuclear arms race. The largest peace demonstration in history, a magical day when even the police were on the...

"In 1963, Swiss climber Norman Dyhrenfurth began 'a little war against a big mountain.' Leading 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters carrying 27...

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