Around the World with Orson Welles
7.1/ 10 8 votes 1955 26m / ep 4 popularity
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.
Creator: Orson Welles
Network: ITV1
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Status
Ended
Orson Welles
Host: Orson Welles
Chris Wertenbaker
Self — Guitarist
Art Buchwald
Self — Newspaper Columnist
Lael Wertenbaker
Self — Author
Raymond Duncan
Self — Artist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self — Author
Simone de Beauvoir
Self — Author
Beñat Toyos
Self
