John Gielgud — Actor (35)
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb
Murder on the Orient Express
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Albert Finney / Lauren Bacall …
other title: Assassinio sull'Orient Express / Mordet i Orient-ekspressen …
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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Gandhi (1982) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Gandhi
director: Richard Attenborough actor: Ben Kingsley / Candice Bergen …
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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The Elephant Man (1980) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB Melon Log WikiData
The Elephant Man
8.3 (10 ratings) director: David Lynch actor: Anthony Hopkins / John Hurt …
other title: Elefantmanden / O Homem Elefante …
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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Brideshead Revisited (1981) [TV] TMDB IMDb
Brideshead Revisited
director: Derek Granger actor: Jeremy Irons / Anthony Andrews …
other title: Retorno a Brideshead / Wiedersehen mit Brideshead …
Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the two world wars.
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Secret Agent (1936) [Movie] TMDB
Secret Agent
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Madeleine Carroll / John Gielgud …
other title: Amore e mistero / Hemmelig agent …
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
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Merlin (1998) [TV] TMDB IMDb
Merlin
director: Steve Barron actor: Sam Neill / Paul Curran …
other title: Merlino
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
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Lost Horizon (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lost Horizon
director: Charles Jarrott actor: Peter Finch / Liv Ullmann …
other title: Orizzonte perduto / Horizonte Perdido …
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
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Caligula (1979) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb
Caligola
director: Tinto Brass actor: Malcolm McDowell / Teresa Ann Savoy …
other title: Caligola / Caligula – Aufstieg und Fall eines Tyrannen …
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (2023) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
director: Tinto Brass actor: Malcolm McDowell / Helen Mirren …
Follows Caligula as he kills his devious adoptive grandfather and takes control of the decadent Roman Empire, spiralling into depravity, devastation, and madness.
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Chariots of Fire (1981) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Chariots of Fire
director: Hugh Hudson actor: Ben Cross / Ian Charleson …
other title: Momenti di gloria / Viljen til sejr …
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
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Julius Caesar (1953) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Julius Caesar
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Marlon Brando / James Mason …
other title: Giulio Cesare / Julius Cæsar …
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Around the World in Eighty Days
director: Michael Anderson actor: David Niven / Cantinflas …
other title: Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni / Jorden rundt i 80 dage …
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Portrait of a Lady
director: Jane Campion actor: Nicole Kidman / John Malkovich …
other title: Ritratto di signora / Portræt af en kvinde …
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
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Hamlet (1996) [Movie] TMDB
Hamlet
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Kenneth Branagh / Derek Jacobi …
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) [Movie] TMDB
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
director: Joseph Strick actor: Bosco Hogan / T. P. McKenna …
Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family's circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty and politics. However his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.
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Arthur (1981) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Arthur
director: Steve Gordon actor: Dudley Moore / Liza Minnelli …
other title: Arturo / Arthur: Skidefuld og på rulleskøjter …
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.