Movies: Denis Brennan

  • 1957
    The Rising of the Moon

    The Rising of the Moon (1957)

    The Rising of the Moon

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    Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, ...

    The Rising of the Moon
  • 1975
    Conquest of Light

    Conquest of Light (1975)

    Conquest of Light

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    Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the furnace to glass blowing, shaping, cutting, honing, filling and finishing is all depicted in this cele...

    Conquest of Light
  • 1959
    Broth of a Boy

    Broth of a Boy (1959)

    Broth of a Boy

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    An Irish codger, 110, wants a piece of the action for doing a British producer's TV show....

    Broth of a Boy
  • 1965
    Deirdre

    Deirdre (1965)

    Deirdre

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    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 deliberately frames his 1906 play as an extension of the legend, writing a new death-tale for Deirdre that i...

    Deirdre
  • 1980
    Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland

    Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland (1980)

    Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland

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    Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places his writing developed -- St. Enda's school in Rathfarnham, Dublin, and his cottage in Rosmuc, Connemara...

    Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
  • 1969
    Larry

    Larry (1969)

    Larry

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    A short film based on a story by Frank O'Connor....

    Larry