John Gielgud — Actor (36)
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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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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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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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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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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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Secret Agent (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
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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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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Becket (1964) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Becket
director: Peter Glenville actor: Richard Burton / Peter O'Toole …
other title: Becket e il suo re
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
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The Elephant Man (1980) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB Melon Log WikiData
The Elephant Man
8.6 (13 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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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.