I Know Where I’m Going!

I Know Where I’m Going!

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1945 • United Kingdom
Starring Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey

In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place—the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. Wendy Hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord. Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer (Roger Livesey) who threatens to thwart her carefully laid-out life plans.

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I Know Where I’m Going!
  • I Know Where I’m Going!

    Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1945 • United Kingdom
    Starring Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey

    In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place—the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. Wendy Hiller stars as a headstr...

Extras

  • I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! Commentary

    This audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie was recorded exclusively in 1994.

  • Jonathan Lethem on I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!

  • I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! Behind-the-Scenes Stills

    Compiled from the personal collection of director Michael Powell and narrated by his widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, these rare behind-the-scenes production photos show the cast and crew on the Scottish locations for I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!

  • Michael Powell’s Home Movies

    Director Michael Powell had a lifelong passion for walking in the hills of Scotland. These home movies, shot by Powell himself and narrated by his widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, document one such expedition.

  • The Edge of the World

    In 1937, director Michael Powell shot the feature THE EDGE OF THE WORLD on Scotland’s Isle of Foula. In 1978, Powell revisited the location for the documentary RETURN TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. This is a scene from THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, introduced by Powell himself in an excerpt from the document...

  • I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! Location Photo Essay

    In 1993, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! aficionado Nancy Franklin accompanied Mark Cousins to the Isle of Mull (in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides), to participate in his documentary about the film. In this video piece, she narrates her collection of photos taken on Mull and Colonsay, which includes many shot...