Eileen Atkins — Actor (22)
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A Hazard of Hearts (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Hazard of Hearts
director: John Hough actor: Diana Rigg / Edward Fox …
other title: Passione sotto la cenere / Wagnis der Liebe …
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
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The Vision (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Vision
director: Norman Stone actor: Lee Remick / Dirk Bogarde …
Veteran broadcaster James Marriner is persuaded to front a new big budget national family TV channel. But he begins to suspect that the channel is a front for something much more sinister and political.
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Fable (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fable
director: Christopher Morahan actor: Keith Barron / Eileen Atkins …
In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.
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Inadmissible Evidence (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Inadmissible Evidence
director: Anthony Page actor: Nicol Williamson / Eleanor Fazan …
other title: Prueba inadmisible
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
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Ballet Shoes (2008) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ballet Shoes
director: Sandra Goldbacher actor: Emilia Fox / Victoria Wood …
other title: L'École de tous les talents
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.
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The Dresser (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Dresser
director: Peter Yates actor: Albert Finney / Tom Courtenay …
other title: Il servo di scena / O Companheiro …
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
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What a Girl Wants (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
What a Girl Wants
director: Dennie Gordon actor: Amanda Bynes / Colin Firth …
other title: Una ragazza e il suo sogno / Tudo Que Uma Garota Quer …
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
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The Avengers (1998) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Avengers
director: Jeremiah S. Chechik actor: Ralph Fiennes / Uma Thurman …
other title: The Avengers - Agenti speciali / Hævnere i kjole og hvidt …
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
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Wit (2001) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban
Wit
director: Mike Nichols actor: Emma Thompson / Audra McDonald …
other title: La forza della mente / Mon combat …
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
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Cranford (2007) [TV] TMDB
Cranford
director: Sue Birtwistle / Susie Conklin actor: Eileen Atkins / Judi Dench …
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Beautiful Creatures (2013) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Beautiful Creatures
director: Richard LaGravenese actor: Alden Ehrenreich / Alice Englert …
other title: Beautiful Creatures - La sedicesima luna / Criaturas Maravilhosas …
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
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Robin Hood (2010) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Robin Hood
director: Ridley Scott actor: Russell Crowe / Cate Blanchett …
other title: Robin des Bois
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
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Cold Mountain (2003) [Movie] IMDb WikiData NeoDB TMDB Douban
Cold Mountain
director: Anthony Minghella actor: Jude Law / Nicole Kidman …
other title: Ritorno a Cold Mountain / Tilbage til Cold Mountain …
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
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Psychoville (2009) [TV] TMDB
Psychoville
8.6 (5 ratings) director: Reece Shearsmith / Steve Pemberton actor: Dawn French / Reece Shearsmith …
Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles.
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Wild Target (2010) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wild Target
director: Jonathan Lynn actor: Bill Nighy / Emily Blunt …
other title: Wild Target - Una valigia per tre / Petits meurtres à l'Anglaise …
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims. After sparing her life, he unexpectedly acquires a young apprentice. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.
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The Hours (2002) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Hours
7.1 (11 ratings) director: Stephen Daldry actor: Julianne Moore / Nicole Kidman …
other title: As Horas / The Hours - Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit …
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.