A Canterbury Tale
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger / GB, 1944 / 123 min.
Powell and Pressburger’s much loved, daring classic is an eye-catching, extremely personal journey through rural Kent where Powell grew up. There, three modern pilgrims have to solve a bizarre village crime during World War Two.
Powell and Pressburger’s first critical and commercial flop is now generally viewed as one of their best, most bizarre films. A Canterbury Tale is a mystical tale of three modern pilgrims: an ingenious American sergeant, a candid British soldier and a melancholy 'land girl'. On route to the mythical Canterbury they are assailed and forced to solve a bizarre village crime.
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Director
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Production year
1944
Country
GB
Original title
A Canterbury Tale
Length
123 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
35mm
Part of
The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger enjoyed huge success with films such as The Red Shoes (1948), Black Narcissus (1947) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Eye presents the first-ever extensive retrospective of Powell & Pressburger’s work in the Netherlands.
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