William Butler Yeats Movies

  • 2016
    A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

    A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

    A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

    12016HD

    A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

    A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
  • 1957
    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    6.31957HD

    The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical...

    Oedipus Rex
  • 2015
    The Second Coming

    The Second Coming

    The Second Coming

    72015HD

    A man picks himself up off a barren landscape and begins to walk. An electronic soundtrack pulsates ominously. Unable to get a lift while...

    The Second Coming
  • 1994
    Words Upon the Window Pane

    Words Upon the Window Pane

    Words Upon the Window Pane

    01994HD

    In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient...

    Words Upon the Window Pane
  • 1965
    Deirdre

    Deirdre

    Deirdre

    01965HD

    The ancient story of the ill-fated Deirdre and the Sons of Usnach. Building on the many earlier literary retellings of the story, W. B. Yeats...

    Deirdre
  • 1950
    W. B. Yeats: A Tribute

    W. B. Yeats: A Tribute

    W. B. Yeats: A Tribute

    01950HD

    Yeats poems set to visuals of Sligo, Dublin and London. One of the series of non-fction films produced by the National Film Institute.

    W. B. Yeats: A Tribute