Laurence Olivier — Actor (27)
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Discovering Hamlet (2011) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Discovering Hamlet
director: Philip Saville / Lyndy Saville actor: Gregory Doran / Jonathan Miller …
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
director: Clara Kuperberg / Julia Kuperberg actor: Anthony Hopkins / Elisabeth Wautlet …
other title: Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Oh! What a Lovely War
director: Richard Attenborough actor: Laurence Olivier / Vanessa Redgrave …
other title: Oh, che bella guerra! / Viva a Guerra! …
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Shoes of the Fisherman
director: Michael Anderson actor: Anthony Quinn / Oskar Werner …
other title: L'uomo venuto dal Kremlino / As Sandálias do Pescador …
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
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The Rehearsal (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Rehearsal
director: Jules Dassin actor: Melina Mercouri / Míkis Theodorakis …
other title: I dokimi
An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in the Athens Polytechnic (November 1973) by documents, rehearsals, interviews, songs and poems.
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The Entertainer (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Entertainer
director: Tony Richardson actor: Laurence Olivier / Brenda De Banzie …
other title: Gli sfasati / Der Komödiant …
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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49th Parallel (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban
49th Parallel
director: Michael Powell actor: Leslie Howard / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Gli invasori - 49° parallelo / 49. breddegrad …
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
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Wuthering Heights (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
Wuthering Heights
director: William Wyler actor: Merle Oberon / Laurence Olivier …
other title: La voce nella tempesta / Stormfulde Højder …
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
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This Happy Breed (1944) [Movie] WikiData TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB
This Happy Breed
director: David Lean actor: Robert Newton / Celia Johnson …
other title: La famiglia Gibbon / Esta Nobre Raça …
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
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Henry V (1944) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
director: Laurence Olivier actor: Laurence Olivier / Renée Asherson …
other title: Enrico V / Henrique V …
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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That Hamilton Woman (1941) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
That Hamilton Woman
director: Alexander Korda actor: Vivien Leigh / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Il grande ammiraglio / Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe …
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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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.
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Jesus of Nazareth (1977) [TV] TMDB
Jesus of Nazareth
director: Franco Zeffirelli actor: Robert Powell / Olivia Hussey …
other title: Gesù di Nazareth / Jesus von Nazareth …
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
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The Bounty (1984) [Movie] TMDB
The Bounty
director: Roger Donaldson actor: Mel Gibson / Anthony Hopkins …
other title: Il Bounty / Mytteriet på Bounty …
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
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Clash of the Titans (1981) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb
Clash of the Titans
director: Desmond Davis actor: Harry Hamlin / Judi Bowker …
other title: Scontro di titani / Titanernes Kamp …
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.
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Hamlet (1948) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
Hamlet
director: Laurence Olivier actor: Laurence Olivier / Basil Sydney …
other title: Amleto / 王子复仇记 …
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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Romeo and Juliet (1968) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Romeo and Juliet
director: Franco Zeffirelli actor: Leonard Whiting / Olivia Hussey …
other title: Romeo e Giulietta / Romeu e Julieta …
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
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The World at War (1973) [TV] TMDB
The World at War
actor: Laurence Olivier
other title: Die Welt im Krieg / 39-45 : Le Monde en guerre …
A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.