John Gielgud — Actor (55)
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Caligula (1979) IMDb TMDB NeoDB Skybridge
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) IMDb TMDB
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) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
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) IMDb 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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Brideshead Revisited (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brideshead Revisited
director: Derek Granger actor: Jeremy Irons / Anthony Andrews …
other title: Retorno a Brideshead / Wiedersehen mit Brideshead …
Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.
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Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Campanadas a medianoche
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Keith Baxter …
other title: Falstaff / Campanadas a medianoche
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
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Appointment with Death (1988)
Appointment with Death
director: Michael Winner actor: Peter Ustinov / Lauren Bacall …
other title: Appuntamento con la morte / Stævnemøde med døden …
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
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The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man
★ 8.7 (15 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)
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.