Alastair Sim - Kkiste

Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte

Seit dem Tod seines Partners Marley betreibt der geizige Scrooge sein Geschäft allein. Kaltherzig und rücksichtslos quält er unglückliche Schuldner, demütigt seinen unter-bezahlten Sekretär und begegnet seinen Mitmenschen mit Misstrauen und Verachtung. Selbst das heranrückende Weihnachtsfest ist für Scrooge nur lästig und überflüssig. Eines kalten Winterabends taucht der Geist Marleys bei ihm auf und kündigt die Ankunft dreier weiterer Geister an. Die lassen nicht lange auf sich warten: Der ...

PG

7.36

1951 Drama 86 min Spielen

7.5

The Littlest Horse Thieves

When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right

G

7.5

1976 Drama 104 min Spielen

6.7

Rogue Male

Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

NR

6.7

1976 Drama 103 min Spielen

6.7

The Ruling Class

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

PG

6.7

1972 Comedy 154 min Spielen

6.9

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge, a skinflint visited by the spirits of Christmas past, present and future one fateful Christmas Eve. It's up to them to help the old crab see the error of his ways. And they do, to the delight of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.

NR

6.9

1971 Animation 27 min Spielen

6

Left Right and Centre

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.

The Green Man

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.

NR

7.3

1956 Comedy 80 min Spielen

6

Geordie

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.

NR

6

1955 Comedy 95 min Spielen

6.3

The Belles of St. Trinian’s

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.

NR

6.3

1954 Comedy 91 min Spielen

7

An Inspector Calls

Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

NR

7

1954 Crime 80 min Spielen

6.7

Wer zuletzt lacht

„Joker“ Henry Russell verschafft sich einen effektvollen Abgang: Er vererbt seinen vier Hinterbliebenen jeweils 50 000 Pfund. Der Haken: Das Geld darf erst in Empfang genommen werden, wenn jeder der Erben seine ganz spezielle Aufgabe erfüllt. Seine herrische Schwester Agnes muß einen Monat lang als Magd dienen und sein Cousin, der seichte Krimis verfaßt, ist angehalten, für vier Wochen ins Gefängnis zu gehen. Hart trifft es auch einen weiteren Cousin, der überkorrekt in einer Bank arbeitet ...

NR

6.7

1951 Komödie 93 min Spielen

7.4

Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel miserly businessman until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three spirits, sent show him how his unhappy childhood and maladaptive adult behavior over has let him a selfish, lonely, bitter old man.

PG

7.4

1951 Drama 86 min Spielen

6.2

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

NR

6.2

1950 Comedy 81 min Spielen