Prunella Scales — Actor (6)
Howards End (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Howards End
other title: Casa Howard / Regresso a Howards End
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
The Boys from Brazil (1978) [Movie] TMDB
The Boys from Brazil
director: Franklin J. Schaffner actor: Gregory Peck / Laurence Olivier
other title: I ragazzi venuti dal Brasile / Drengene fra Brasilien
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
A Question of Attribution (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Question of Attribution
director: John Schlesinger actor: James Fox / Prunella Scales
other title: Una questione di attribuzione
Sir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a doubtful Titian painting. He also does art restoration work in Buckingham Palace, where he gets into an interesting conversation with HMQ.
Breaking the Code (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Breaking the Code
director: Herbert Wise actor: Derek Jacobi / Alun Armstrong
other title: Der codierte Mann / Descifrando el código
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
Consuming Passions (1988) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Consuming Passions
director: Giles Foster actor: Tyler Butterworth / Vanessa Redgrave
other title: Cioccolato bollente / Pasión devoradora
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Room at the Top (1958) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Room at the Top
director: Jack Clayton actor: Laurence Harvey / Simone Signoret
other title: La strada dei quartieri alti / Um Lugar na Alta Roda
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.