Der Löwe von Sparta

Perserkönig Xerxes fällt in Griechenland ein. Er will das gesamte Land erobern um damit die Niederlage in der Schlacht von Marathon zu rächen. Der griechische Feldherr Themistokles bildet eine Allianz gegen die Perser und gibt Leonidas dem König von Sparta, das Kommando über die Streitkräfte. Der zieht mit seiner Leibgarde von nur 300 Mann in den Kampf.

Greystoke – Die Legende von Tarzan, Herr der Affen

Im Jahr 1886 kommen Lord und Lady Greystoke in Afrika ums Leben. Ihr kleiner Sohn wird von Affen aufgezogen. Jahre später spürt eine Expedition den inzwischen erwachsenen Greystoke auf und bringt ihn zurück nach England. Doch der "Herr der Affen" kommt in der Zivilisation nicht zurecht.

Dragonslayer

The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon in order to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed in accordance to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom. A fantasy film from Disney Studios that exhausted all possible visual effects of the time.

O Lucky Man!

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.

The Looking Glass War

From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.

The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

Woman of Straw

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

The 300 Spartans

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

Oscar Wilde

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.

Home at Seven

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

The Holly and the Ivy

An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.

The Sound Barrier

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

Outcast of the Islands

After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.