Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)

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-Prés, 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.

Around the World with Orson Welles

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as Host: Orson Welles

Chris Wertenbaker

Chris Wertenbaker

as Self — Guitarist

as Self — Newspaper Columnist

Lael Wertenbaker

Lael Wertenbaker

as Self — Author

as Self — Artist

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

as Self — Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

as Self — Author

Le père Ibarburu

Le père Ibarburu

as Self — Politician

as Self (archive footage)

Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine

as Man in Nightclub (archive footage)

Juliette Gréco

as Self (archive footage)

as Self — Host

as Self — Host

as Self — Bullfighter

Manolo Vázquez

as Self — Bullfighter

as Self — Bullfighter (archive footage)

Clovis Dominici

Clovis Dominici

Gustave Dominici

Gustave Dominici

Yvette Dominici

Yvette Dominici

as Self — Writer

as Self — Filmmaker

Charles Chenevrier

Charles Chenevrier

as Self — Writer (uncredited)

Maurice Lemaître

Maurice Lemaître

as Self — Filmmaker (uncredited)

Jacques Spacagna

Jacques Spacagna

as Self — Painter (uncredited)

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

Pays basque i: the basque countries
1x2

Pays basque ii: la pelote basque
1x3

Revisiting vienna
1x4

Saint-germain-des-pres
1x5

London: the queen's pensioners
1x6

Spain: the bullfight
1x7

France: the tragedy of lurs

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