A weekly series about films and film-makers.
"I do the decoration and the costumes and I write the story and control the actors and make the props and cut the picture - I do the entire thing"
"I don't admire anyone"
A portrait of a formidable personality from the history of the cinema-the discoverer of Marlene Dietrich and the maker of The Blue Angel, The Scarlet Empress, Shanghai Express, Morocco, I, Claudius.
In this programme he talks about his work and demonstrates how he achieved his unique visual effects.
