Peter Sellars Movies
- 1987
King Lear
King Lear6.11987HD
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human...
- 2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am7.52019HD
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...
- 1992
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen01992HD
In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The...
- 1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez4.81991HD
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat...
- 1990
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars01990HD
This special program gives viewers a revealing look at Sellar's controversial productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro and Cosi Fan...
- 1987
Happy New Year
Happy New Year5.51987HD
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...
- 2020
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele02020HD
- 1993
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins01993HD
- 2003
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution02003HD
Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we...
- 1970
DAU. Cinema
DAU. Cinema51970HD
An ongoing experiment, evolving from a biopic about Soviet physicist Lev Landau into a large scale project – part cinematic cycle, part...
- 1994
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice01994HD
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice,...
- 2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life02018HD
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...
- 2015
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories02015HD
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories is a labyrinthine narrative in which notables such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and...
- 2017
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito02017HD
How do we live together in an age of conflict? How do you heal a divided and angry people? In their 2017 production of Mozart’s La clemenza di...
- 2018
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde02018HD
Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple...
- 2014
Bach: St. John Passion
Bach: St. John Passion02014HD
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past...
- 1990
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte01990HD
Though performed in the original Italian, Peter Sellars' production of Cosi fan tutte relocates Mozart's comedy of love to the neon-and-chrome glare...
- 2006
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams02006HD
Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against...
- 2010
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Bach: St. Matthew Passion02010HD
Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the...
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
Britten: Nocturne02013HD
Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...