Robert Helpmann’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Robert Helpmann has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1970s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Red Shoes.
Recurring themes

Battle of the Bulge
1965
Drama · History

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Drama · History

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Drama · History

Barabbas
1961
History · Drama

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
1971
War · Drama

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
Drama · History

Padmaavat
2018
Drama · History

Amina
2021
War · History

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · With Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Dir. Ken Hughes · With Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Dir. Richard Franklin · With Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, María Mercedes

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
Dir. Laurence Olivier · With Laurence Olivier, Renée Asherson, Ralph Truman