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Emeric Pressburger
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Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaboration partnership known as the Archers, and produced a series of films, including 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (US: Stairway to Heaven, 1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). He has been played on screen by Alec Westwood in the award-winning short film Òran na h-Eala (2022) which explores Moira Shearer's life-changing decision to appear in The Red Shoes.
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Ill Met by Moonlight
The Battle of the River Plate
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Twice Upon a Time
The Tales of Hoffmann
Gone to Earth
The Small Back Room
The Fighting Pimpernel
The Red Shoes
Black Narcissus
A Matter of Life and Death
I Know Where I'm Going!
A Canterbury Tale
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow
They're a Weird Mob
Operation Crossbow
Miracle in Soho
The End of the River
Wanted for Murder
Squadron Leader X
Breach of Promise
Rings on Her Fingers
49th Parallel
Sons of the Sea
Contraband
Spy for a Day
U-Boat 29
The Challenge
The Great Barrier
One Rainy Afternoon
Parisian Life
My Heart Calls You
The Million Hunters
Child, I'm Happy on Your Coming
And the Puszta Gleams
The Old Scoundrel
Gilgi: One of Us
Sehnsucht 202
The Beautiful Adventure
The Scoundrel
Ronny
Farewell
The Great Desire