Orson Welles — Actor (81)
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The Roots of Heaven (1958) [Movie] TMDB
The Roots of Heaven
director: John Huston actor: Errol Flynn / Trevor Howard …
other title: Le radici del cielo / Die Wurzeln des Himmels …
In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.
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Macbeth (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Macbeth
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Jeanette Nolan …
other title: Macbeth – Der Königsmörder
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
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Othello (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Othello
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Micheál Mac Liammóir …
other title: Otello / Otelo - O Mouro de Veneza …
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.
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Lost in La Mancha (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lost in La Mancha
director: Louis Pepe / Keith Fulton actor: Jeff Bridges / Johnny Depp …
other title: Verloren in La Mancha / Perdidos en La Mancha
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
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King of Kings (1961) [Movie] TMDB
King of Kings
director: Nicholas Ray actor: Jeffrey Hunter / Siobhán McKenna …
other title: Il re dei re / Kongernes konge …
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Long, Hot Summer
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Joanne Woodward …
other title: La lunga estate calda / Paixões Que Escaldam …
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Other Side of the Wind
director: Orson Welles actor: John Huston / Oja Kodar …
other title: L'altra faccia del vento / De l'autre côté du vent …
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.
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The Muppet Movie (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Muppet Movie
director: James Frawley actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz …
other title: Ecco il film dei Muppet / As Aventuras dos Marretas …
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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Man, Beast and Virtue (1953) [Movie] TMDB
L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù
director: Steno actor: Totò / Orson Welles …
other title: L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù
Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.
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Jane Eyre (1943) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Jane Eyre
director: Robert Stevenson actor: Orson Welles / Joan Fontaine …
other title: La porta proibita / Die Waise von Lowood …
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
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Casino Royale (1967) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Casino Royale
director: Val Guest / Ken Hughes … actor: David Niven / Peter Sellers …
other title: James Bond 007 - Casino Royale / James Bond: Casino Royale …
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan — that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
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Don Quixote (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Don Quijote de Orson Welles
director: Orson Welles actor: Francisco Reiguera / Akim Tamiroff …
other title: Don Chisciotte / Don Quichotte …
Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing good deeds in the name of his beloved Dulcinea. (Orson Welles' Don Quixote was filmed between 1957 and 1972, left unfinished at his death in 1985, and was eventually edited by Jesús Franco and released in 1992.)
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The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) [Movie] TMDB
The Great Buster: A Celebration
director: Peter Bogdanovich actor: Peter Bogdanovich / Buster Keaton …
other title: The Great Buster / Den store Buster Keaton …
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) [Movie] TMDB
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
director: Morgan Neville actor: Alan Cumming / Peter Bogdanovich …
other title: Mi ameranno quando sarò morto / Ils m'aimeront quand je serai mort …
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
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The Vikings (1958) [Movie] TMDB
The Vikings
director: Richard Fleischer actor: Kirk Douglas / Tony Curtis …
other title: I vichinghi / Vikingerne …
Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
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Ten Days' Wonder (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La Décade prodigieuse
director: Claude Chabrol actor: Anthony Perkins / Michel Piccoli …
other title: Dieci incredibili giorni / Der zehnte Tag …
Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul Régis to help him solve the mystery of his recurring bouts of amnesia.
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The Kremlin Letter (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Kremlin Letter
director: John Huston actor: Bibi Andersson / Richard Boone …
other title: Lettera al Kremlino / Der Brief an den Kreml …
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.
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