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Around the World with Orson Welles

Year: 1955
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: Documentary

Overview

A six-part British television travel series written, directed, and presented by Orson Welles for ITV in 1955. Filmed entirely in Europe, the series follows Welles through Vienna, the Basque Country, Madrid, Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-PrÊs, and London’s Chelsea Pensioners, blending travelogue, cultural portraiture, and personal essay. Moving between documentary observation and reflective commentary, the episodes combine interviews, local history, and Welles’s distinctive narration into a series that functions as both travel film and cinematic essay.

Episodes

Pays Basque I: The Basque Countries
EP 1 Pays Basque I: The Basque Countries
Pays Basque II: La Pelote Basque
EP 2 Pays Basque II: La Pelote Basque
Revisiting Vienna
EP 3 Revisiting Vienna
Saint-Germain-des-Pres
EP 4 Saint-Germain-des-Pres
London: The Queen's Pensioners
EP 5 London: The Queen's Pensioners
Spain: The Bullfight
EP 6 Spain: The Bullfight
France: The Tragedy of Lurs
EP 7 France: The Tragedy of Lurs

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