Orson Welles — Actor (106)
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Othello (1951)
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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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The Roots of Heaven (1958)
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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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Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Jodorowsky's Dune
Frank Pavich actor: Alejandro Jodorowsky / Michel Seydoux …
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Sacha Jenkins actor: Louis Armstrong / Nas …
other title: Louis Armstrong: Black & Blues / Louis Armstrong: Vida e Jazz
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.
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The Stranger (1946)
The Stranger
Orson Welles actor: Edward G. Robinson / Loretta Young …
other title: Lo straniero / Den Fremmede …
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
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And Then There Were None (1974)
And Then There Were None
Peter Collinson actor: Oliver Reed / Elke Sommer …
other title: ...e poi, non ne rimase nessuno / Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab …
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
György Pálfi actor: Brigitte Bardot / Alain Delon …
other title: Final Cut - Ladies and Gentlemen / Final Cut : Ladies And Gentlemen …
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles actor: Charlton Heston / Janet Leigh …
other title: L'infernale Quinlan / Politiets blinde øje …
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
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Lettre à Jane (1974)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Jean-Luc Godard / Jean-Pierre Gorin actor: Jane Fonda / Jean-Luc Godard …
other title: Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
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Moby Dick (1956)
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John Huston actor: Gregory Peck / Richard Basehart …
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
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Moby Dick (1956)
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John Huston actor: Gregory Peck / Richard Basehart …
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
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F for Fake (1973)
Vérités et Mensonges
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Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Oja Kodar …
other title: F come Falso / F wie Fälschung …
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
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Mr. Arkadin (1955)
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Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Michael Redgrave …
other title: Rapporto confidenziale / Herr Satan persönlich! …
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
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Austerlitz (1960)
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阿贝尔·冈斯 actor: Pierre Mondy / Orson Welles …
other title: 拿破仑在奥斯特里兹 / 决战奥斯特里兹
1805年在创建法兰西第一帝国后，为粉碎反法联盟的进攻，拿破仑率不足八万军与近二十万俄、奥联军英勇决战于奥地利的奥斯特里茨地区，他以坚毅、果敢的指挥艺术只用了不到四小时的时间就给敌人以毁灭性的打击，树立了闻名于世的以少胜多的辉煌战绩。