John Gielgud - Kkiste

Catastrophe

A stage director and his female assistant find the blackest protagonist possible, then make him up as white as possible, to create the titular character.

NR

6.3

2000 6 min Spielen

7.1

Prosperos Bücher

Greenaways Adaption von Shakespeares "Sturm" ist ein orgiastisches Fest für die Sinne. Sämtliche Rollen werden vom großen Shakespeare-Interpreten John Gielgud gesprochen, die Musik stammt von Michael Nyman.

NR

7.1

1991 Drama 120 min Spielen

4.8

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur, that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up and get a job. Meanwhile, Ralph Marolla is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his daughter so he can gain entrée to Arthur's $750 million fortune.

PG

4.8

1988 Comedy 113 min Spielen

5.9

Plenty

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

R

5.9

1985 Drama 124 min Spielen

6

Die Kameliendame

Paris, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Die attraktive Marguerite Gautier, auch bekannt als “Camille”, ist eine Pariser Kurtisane, die sich nur mit den nobelsten und reichsten Männern der Stadt trifft. Als sie dem jungen Armand Duval begegnet, der aus gutem Hause stammt, verliebt sich dieser Hals über Kopf in Marguerite und beginnt, um ihre Hand zu werben. Ihm zuliebe ändert Marguerite ihren Lebenswandel. Doch Armands Vater erfährt von der gesellschaftlich untragbaren Beziehung seines Sohns und ...

NR

6

1984 Drama 100 min Spielen

4.9

The Wicked Lady

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.

R

4.9

1983 Adventure 98 min Spielen

6.4

The Scarlet and the Black

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, but O'Flaherty's activities become so large that the Nazi's decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican. O'Flaherty continues his work in a variety of disguises. Based on a true story. Written by John Vogel

PG

6.4

1983 Drama 143 min Spielen

6.1

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery

When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent (Cheryl Campbell) teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger (James Warwick) to solve the dastardly deeds. Their sleuthing leads them into a world of espionage and international intrigue as they discover a secret society known as "The Seven Dials" and the attempted theft of top-secret government documents.

NR

6.1

1981 Adventure 133 min Spielen

6.4

Arthur – Kein Kind von Traurigkeit

Arthur ist ein hoffnungslos verwöhntes Millionärssöhnchen. Doch über ihn braut sich Unheil zusammen: Auf Befehl seiner Familie soll er die langweilige Blondine Susan heiraten. Erst nach der Verlobung mit ihr lernt er die Ladendiebin Linda Marolla kennen. Die ist arm wie eine Kirchenmaus und natürlich keine standesgemäße Braut. Arthur wird vor die Wahl gestellt: Geld oder Liebe?

PG

6.4

1981 Drama 93 min Spielen

6.5

The Conductor

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and ...

NR

6.5

1980 Drama 101 min Spielen

6.1

The Charge of the Light Brigade

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on part by the inept British commanders.

PG-13

6.1

1968 Drama 139 min Spielen

7.3

Chimes at Midnight

The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

NR

7.3

1965 Comedy 115 min Spielen

7.3

Becket

King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.

PG-13

7.3

1964 Drama 148 min Spielen

7

Julius Caesar

Filmfassung von Shakespeares Bühnenwerk. Die Geschichte des römischen Feldherren, Politikers und Diktators Julius Caesar von seiner Ernennung zum Diktator des römischen Reiches bis zu seiner Ermordung durch seinen Sohn Brutus. Eine Gruppe adliger Verschwörer um Brutus und Cassius ermordet den römischen Imperator Julius Caesar, der – so glauben sie – das Reich in die Tyrannei zu führen droht. Zunächst scheint das Volk auf Seiten der Attentäter, bis Marcus Antonius die Mörder mit einer ...

NR

7

1953 Drama 120 min Spielen