Tristram Jellinek
Tristram Jellinek was a British character actor and antiques dealer, best known for portraying refined, often disdainful, upper-class figures. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and maintained a versatile career across stage, film and television.
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M. Butterfly
A David Croenenberg film based on the Chinese play by the same name. A tragic love story that breaks stereotypes and touches on the depest human instinct.
White Mischief
Lord Erroll viene accusato dell'omicidio dell'amante della moglie.
A Handful of Dust
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London.
Revolution
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy.
Plenty
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Morons from Outer Space
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
Top Secret!
Parody of WWII spy movies in which an American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.
Lassiter
Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed.
Another Country
Based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell, the film explores the effect of Public School life in the 1930's on Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) as his homosexuality and unwillingness to "play the game" turns him eastwards towards communist Russia.