Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Born: April 16, 1921
Died: March 28, 2004
in Camden, London, England, UK
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE ( 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. He was also a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and President of the World Federalist Movement. Ustinov was the winner of numerous awards over his life, including two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards for acting, a Grammy Award for best recording for children, as well the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He displayed a unique cultural versatility that has frequently earned him the accolade of a Renaissance man. Miklós Rózsa, composer of the music for Quo Vadis and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) to Ustinov. In 2003, shortly before his death in 2004, Durham University renamed its Graduate Society as Ustinov College in honour of the significant contributions Sir Peter had made while serving as Chancellor of the University from 1992 onwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Ustinov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies for Peter Ustinov...

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Title: The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
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Parkinson at 50
Title: Parkinson at 50
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 28, 2021
Type: Movie
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his favourite encounters.
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Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Title: Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 27, 2009
Type: Movie
In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on "Lola Montès".
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Winter Solstice
Title: Winter Solstice
Character: Hughie McLellan
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: Movie
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
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Title: Winter Solstice
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: TV
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Luther
Title: Luther
Character: Frederick
Released: October 29, 2003
Type: Movie
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
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Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
Title: Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
Character: Self
Released: May 18, 2003
Type: Movie
While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women, Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy's notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin's life and career during those so-called "forgotten years" (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.
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Salem Witch Trials
Title: Salem Witch Trials
Character: William Stroughton
Released: December 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.
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Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
Title: Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
Character: Presenter
Released: December 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Schönbrunn is a world of marvels and mystery, of public glamour and curious secrets. The wealth of its building and landscape architecture, the grand views and hidden details, the wildlife, tamed nature as well as its past and present human population supply more stories and images than even the most insatiable camera can record.Schönbrunn in the protean succession of the seasons, of light and shadow, day and night is presented by Sir Peter Ustinov and was broadcasted in the “ORF-UNIVERSUM”-series for the 250th anniversary of the Schönbrunn Zoo.
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Title: Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Victoria & Albert
Title: Victoria & Albert
Character: König William IV.
Released: August 26, 2001
Type: Movie
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period in 19th Century England where Victoria comes to terms with the enormous duties that lay ahead of her, while also falling deeply in love with her beloved Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The marriage and birth of their nine children are featured, as is Albert's frustration by the inactivity he experienced in the early years of his role as Prince Consort.
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Title: Jukebox Heroes
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 2001
Type: TV
Series on the unsung heroes of British pop.
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Deutschlandspiel
Title: Deutschlandspiel
Character: Igor Maximytschew
Released: September 29, 2000
Type: Movie
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My Khmer Heart
Title: My Khmer Heart
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2000
Type: Movie
An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing political backdrop.
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The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Title: The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw himself off a roof. Before this final act, Sir Peter Ustinov appears and bestows the Ten Commandments of Creativity upon the desperate advertising executive. The Ten Commandments become a template to navigate the state of creativity. Featuring Tarantino, Jeff Koons, Sean Penn, and Malcolm McClaren.
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The Bachelor
Title: The Bachelor
Character: Grandad
Released: November 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.
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Animal Farm
Title: Animal Farm
Character: Old Major (voice)
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Walrus
Released: February 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
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Title: Beckmann
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: TV
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
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Alekan le magnifique
Title: Alekan le magnifique
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1998
Type: Movie
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Stiff Upper Lips
Title: Stiff Upper Lips
Character: Horace Wiggins
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery.
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Title: Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Sabine Christiansen
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Im Dialog
Character: self
Released: January 17, 1997
Type: TV
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Ein Abend mit Peter Ustinov
Title: Ein Abend mit Peter Ustinov
Character: Entertainer
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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Pierre et le Loup
Title: Pierre et le Loup
Character: Narrateur
Released: December 25, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 1995
Type: TV
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
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The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Title: The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Character: Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned to a boring week until they find a mouldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. But when the egg accidentally falls into the bonfire, it hatches into the mythical firebird, the Gloden Phoenix. So begins an amazing journey and the adventure of a lifetime, as the Phoenix takes them to a land of enchantment, magic and fantasy - via a magic flying carpet. Written by L.H. Wong
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: Grandfather
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: Movie
1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell's grandfather as an investment, expecting a large profit. But when Quilp finds out the old man has lost all the money with playing cards, he is determined to get the man in a madhouse as revenge. Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their house and to start traveling across the country. But Quilp isn't sitting still, his spies are everywhere. Meanwhile a stranger is also looking for Nell's grandfather.
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Paths of the Gods
Title: Paths of the Gods
Released: February 17, 1995
Type: Movie
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Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute
Title: Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her. Together with the bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino enters Sarastro's realm to seek her. When he finds her, the two fall in love, but they have to have to undergo ordeals before they can be together. At the end, Papageno is also rewarded with his Papagena.
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The Bible According to Hollywood
Title: The Bible According to Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Ben Hur, The Bible ... In the Beginning and many more titles. With iconic clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the likes of Charlton Heston, Peter Ustinov and Virginia Mayo, Dye's film is a celebration of the golden age of epic moviemaking.
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Lorenzo's Oil
Title: Lorenzo's Oil
Character: Professor Nikolais
Released: December 30, 1992
Type: Movie
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
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Title: DAS!
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: TV
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The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Title: The Trouble With Agatha Christie
Character: Self - Actor
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and members of her family.
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Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Title: Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 1990
Type: Movie
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Title: Zeil um Zehn
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: TV
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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Title: There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Character: Il veterinario
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Granpa
Title: Granpa
Character: Granpa
Released: December 31, 1989
Type: Movie
Granpa tells stories to his granddaughter Emily, who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.
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The French Revolution
Title: The French Revolution
Character: Vicomte de Mirabeau
Released: May 10, 1989
Type: Movie
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
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Title: Around the World in 80 Days
Character: Wilbur Fix
Released: April 16, 1989
Type: TV
Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. The teleplay by John Gay is based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, and Peter Ustinov as Detective Fix, the miniseries featured multiple cameo appearances, including Patrick Macnee, Simon Ward, and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club, and Robert Morley, who had a cameo in the 1956 film adaptation, and Roddy McDowall appear as officials of the Bank of England. Other familiar faces, credited as guest stars and in more substantial roles, include John Hillerman, Jack Klugman, Darren McGavin, Henry Gibson and John Mills. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book, and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria.
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Title: Saturday Night Clive
Released: January 21, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: TV
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The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
Title: The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
Character: Self - Host
Released: August 31, 1988
Type: Movie
A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines which of them is the most likely to have committed the crimes.
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Beethovens Zehnte
Title: Beethovens Zehnte
Character: Beethoven
Released: July 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Appointment with Death
Title: Appointment with Death
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
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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An Audience with Peter Ustinov
Title: An Audience with Peter Ustinov
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 1988
Type: Movie
A classic live performance of Peter Ustinov, actor and raconteur, in which he shares his comical stories with a celebrity audience.
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Peep and the Big Wide World
Title: Peep and the Big Wide World
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada comprises three short stories starring Peep the chicken, Quack the duck, and Chirp the Robin, and eventually served as the inspiration for an ongoing 2004 animated series.
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Title: Seitenblicke
Character: self
Released: October 5, 1987
Type: TV
An Austrian magazine-TV show.
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F1 Review 1987
Title: F1 Review 1987
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Seven years after the sport came under the control of FOCA, Formula 1 was more intercontinental than ever and the coverage was increasingly benefiting from the latest recording technologies. From a standing start in Brazil, through 16 races, 4 continents and a flying finish in Adelaide, the 1987 season provided non-stop entertainment with spectacular racing - all supported by on-board and pit-lane footage, technical insights and characterful interviews. Williams-Honda teammates Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet fought it out all season long whilst checking for Ayrton Senna’s Lotus and the McLaren of Alain Prost in their rearview mirrors. Mansell should have had it with 6 wins to Piquet’s three, but a crash in Japan settled the title in the Brazilian’s favour. Narrated by Academy-Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov.
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Murder in Three Acts
Title: Murder in Three Acts
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: October 1, 1986
Type: Movie
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
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Title: Showgeschichten
Character: Self
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: TV
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Riders of the Wind
Title: Riders of the Wind
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: January 14, 1986
Type: Movie
World-famous underwater adventurer Jacques Cousteau is on a journey on the surface of the sea. Along with Lucien Malavard and Bertrand Charrier, Cousteau invented a new kind of sailing vessel using a state-of-the-art, high-tech turbo sail. The tall, computer-controlled cylinder of metal sails the ship much like a conventional canvas sail, but is up to six times more efficient.
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Dead Man's Folly
Title: Dead Man's Folly
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: January 8, 1986
Type: Movie
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
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Thirteen at Dinner
Title: Thirteen at Dinner
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: September 19, 1985
Type: Movie
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
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Abgehört
Title: Abgehört
Character: Genosse Kuruk
Released: October 20, 1984
Type: Movie
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Memed My Hawk
Title: Memed My Hawk
Character: Abdi Aga
Released: May 10, 1984
Type: Movie
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
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Title: Harty
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1983
Type: TV
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Imaginary Friends
Title: Imaginary Friends
Character: Philip Lester
Released: November 13, 1982
Type: Movie
Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him her money, she calls her mysterious lookalike gentlemen friends to her aid.
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Title: Timewatch
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: TV
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Night of 100 Stars
Title: Night of 100 Stars
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
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Evil Under the Sun
Title: Evil Under the Sun
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Title: The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Character: Hercuele Poirot
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
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Grendel Grendel Grendel
Title: Grendel Grendel Grendel
Character: Grendel (voice)
Released: August 1, 1981
Type: Movie
This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, the "monster" in the legend. Aimed more at adults than children, this version holds some interesting twists on the traditional tale, and is based on a novel by American critic and academic John Gardner.
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The Great Muppet Caper
Title: The Great Muppet Caper
Character: Truck Driver
Released: June 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
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Title: Doctor Snuggles
Character: Doctor Snuggles
Released: June 24, 1981
Type: TV
Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original artwork by Nick Price, about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles who has unusual adventures with his friends. The show featured fantastical scenarios which usually involved Doctor Snuggles inventing something outlandish such as a robot helper or diamond-making machine, and had a variety of supporting characters who were mostly anthropomorphic animals.
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Title: Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Character: Charlie Chan
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
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Title: Heut' abend
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 1980
Type: TV
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Through Joy and Beyond
Title: Through Joy and Beyond
Character: Voice of C. S. Lewis
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
A biography of C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, one of the 20th century's most influential Christian writers. This film, hosted by Lewis' private secretary, contains many spoken excerpts from his writings and is illustrated by footage of the many places Lewis lived and worked throughout his life
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Title: Bayerischer Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Nuclear Nightmares
Title: Nuclear Nightmares
Character: Himself
Released: November 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fragile system that deters either side from initiating the first nuclear strike. Although the world's political climate has mellowed since the Cold War era, Nuclear Nightmares takes the viewer back in time to gain a perspective of what it was like to live under a very real nuclear threat.
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Tarka the Otter
Title: Tarka the Otter
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood. We witness his close shaves, and his struggle with a man who tries to keep our furry hero as a pet.
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We'll Grow Thin Together
Title: We'll Grow Thin Together
Character: Victor Lasnier
Released: August 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To add insult to injury, he tells Victor he is paunchy. The unfortunate man becomes obsessed by his weight. He goes out of his way to lose pounds, abetted by his wife, Corinne, who puts him on a reducing diet. He must also go to a health center where he takes exercise. Nothing really works. And one day, in a brewery, he cannot withstand his diet anymore and he has a gastronomic meal. Desperate, he tries his luck at a weight watchers reunion.
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Ashanti
Title: Ashanti
Character: Suleiman
Released: February 21, 1979
Type: Movie
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
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Title: NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: TV
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Morte no Tejo
Title: Morte no Tejo
Released: January 10, 1979
Type: Movie
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Einstein's Universe
Title: Einstein's Universe
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel Calder.
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Death on the Nile
Title: Death on the Nile
Character: Hercule Poirot
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: Movie
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
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Metamorphoses
Title: Metamorphoses
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.
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The Thief of Baghdad
Title: The Thief of Baghdad
Character: The Caliph
Released: January 10, 1978
Type: Movie
A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Title: Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Character: Self / Hercule Poirot
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".
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Double Murder
Title: Double Murder
Character: Harry Hellman
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Detective Baldassarre spends his forced exile sorting criminal records. He gets a chance to return to the line of fire when two people, an aristocrat and a worker are struck by lightning inside a fancy mansion. The incident would be relegated to freak accidents, but Baldassare's attention is drawn to the strangeness of the events and he begins to investigate.
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The Mouse and His Child
Title: The Mouse and His Child
Character: Manny the Rat (voice)
Released: November 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-winding".
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Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
Title: Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
Released: September 18, 1977
Type: Movie
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The Mermaid Frolics
Title: The Mermaid Frolics
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: Movie
In May 1977 a second Amnesty benefit was held to build on the success of the first show and with the intent of developing momentum for a regularly-scheduled benefit show.
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Title: The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Character: Sergeant Markov
Released: June 15, 1977
Type: Movie
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.
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The Purple Taxi
Title: The Purple Taxi
Character: Taubelman
Released: May 25, 1977
Type: Movie
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
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Title: Jesus of Nazareth
Character: Herod the Great
Released: March 27, 1977
Type: TV
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
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Title: Auf los geht's los
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1977
Type: TV
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Kein Abend wie jeder andere
Title: Kein Abend wie jeder andere
Character: Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
Released: December 23, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: The Muppet Show
Character: Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum
Released: September 5, 1976
Type: TV
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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Treasure of Matecumbe
Title: Treasure of Matecumbe
Character: Dr. Snodgrass
Released: July 1, 1976
Type: Movie
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
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Logan's Run
Title: Logan's Run
Character: Old Man
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
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Title: The Secret Policeman's Ball
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: TV
A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become involved with Amnesty and other social and political causes in succeeding years.
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Title: One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Character: Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
Released: July 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Title: III nach neun
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Dinah!
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 1974
Type: TV
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Die Montagsmaler
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1974
Type: TV
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Julie's Christmas Special
Title: Julie's Christmas Special
Character: Santa Claus
Released: December 24, 1973
Type: Movie
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some traditional Christmas favourites such as Julie’s Christmas Special. This special aired on ABC-TV on December 14, 1973 and featured special guests Peter Ustinov and Peggy Lee. Most memorably, Andrews and Lee duet on a trippy, campy medley that delightfully careens from hit to hit over the most fun 8 and a half minutes you'll ever have with your pants on. Andrews plays a TV Hostess whose wandered into a cardboard forest and stumbles across Lee as the Sugar Plum Fairy lazing on a divan and ready for some fun - complete with ultra soft-focus and a bedazzled microphone.
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Robin Hood
Title: Robin Hood
Character: Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
Released: November 8, 1973
Type: Movie
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
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Title: Je später der Abend
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 1973
Type: TV
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Hammersmith Is Out
Title: Hammersmith Is Out
Character: Doctor
Released: May 12, 1972
Type: Movie
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape.
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Title: Clochemerle
Character: Narrator
Released: February 18, 1972
Type: TV
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The Marshal of Madrid
Title: The Marshal of Madrid
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.
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Big Truck and Sister Clare
Title: Big Truck and Sister Clare
Character: Israeli Truck Driver
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pretty nun, gets stuck and are forced to wait to be rescued.
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Title: Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: TV
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Babar Comes to America
Title: Babar Comes to America
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 7, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Gideon
Title: Gideon
Character: Gideon
Released: March 25, 1971
Type: Movie
The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.
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A Storm in Summer
Title: A Storm in Summer
Character: Abel Shaddick
Released: February 6, 1970
Type: Movie
A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during the Vietnam War.
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Viva Max!
Title: Viva Max!
Character: General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - international hijinks ensue!
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The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Title: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Character: Narrator / All voices (voice)
Released: October 21, 1968
Type: Movie
After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later, with cousins Celeste and Arthur, he returns to the great forest to be crowned King of the Elephants.
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Hot Millions
Title: Hot Millions
Character: Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
Released: September 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Blackbeard's Ghost
Title: Blackbeard's Ghost
Character: Captain Blackbeard
Released: February 8, 1968
Type: Movie
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
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Title: Klapzubova jedenáctka
Character: reporter
Released: January 6, 1968
Type: TV
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Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
Title: Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
Character: Presenter
Released: January 2, 1968
Type: Movie
This is one of the Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this episode focuses on Diaghilev’s early life and the first seasons of his legendary ballet company Ballets Russes from 1909 until the outbreak of war in 1914. Friends and colleagues, including Cecil Beaton and prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina, reveal what Diaghilev meant to them and the impact he had on both ballet and the artists he commissioned.
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The Comedians
Title: The Comedians
Character: Ambassador Manuel Pineda
Released: October 31, 1967
Type: Movie
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
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The Comedians in Africa
Title: The Comedians in Africa
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1967
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.
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Barefoot in Athens
Title: Barefoot in Athens
Character: Socrates
Released: November 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Lady L
Title: Lady L
Character: Prince Otto of Bavaria
Released: December 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Title: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character: Fawz
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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Title: Zwischenstation
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 1964
Type: TV
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Topkapi
Title: Topkapi
Character: Arthur Simon Simpson
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
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Title: Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Die Drehscheibe
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: TV
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The Peaches
Title: The Peaches
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A film fantasy concerning the adventures of a modern girl whose passion for peaches is eventu­ally replaced by a very different type of passion.
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Title: The Danny Kaye Show
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: TV
The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.
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Women of the World
Title: Women of the World
Character: English Narration (voice)
Released: January 30, 1963
Type: Movie
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
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Everyman
Title: Everyman
Character: Narrator (English)
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Bert Haanstra paints a portrait of The Netherlands and the Dutch, in his own unparalleled manner. Partly with the aid of a hidden camera he observes people in the most diverse situations. He shows the unusual in the usual and the usual in the unusual. The harsh years of the post war era of reconstruction have passed and for most people life is better than before.
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Billy Budd
Title: Billy Budd
Character: Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Released: November 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: Das Profil
Character: Self
Released: January 29, 1962
Type: TV
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Romanoff and Juliet
Title: Romanoff and Juliet
Character: The General
Released: June 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
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The Sundowners
Title: The Sundowners
Character: Rupert Venneker
Released: December 8, 1960
Type: Movie
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Lentulus Batiatus
Released: October 13, 1960
Type: Movie
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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Title: The David Susskind Show
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 1959
Type: TV
The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title referred to the fact that the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue late on a Sunday night.
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The Spies
Title: The Spies
Character: Michel Kiminsky
Released: October 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
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The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Title: The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Character: Mr. Bossi
Released: September 27, 1957
Type: Movie
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Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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The Legend of the Good Beasts
Title: The Legend of the Good Beasts
Character: The Storyteller
Released: December 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Co-Host/Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Host
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Host / Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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Lola Montès
Title: Lola Montès
Character: Circus Master
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
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Title: Folio
Released: September 25, 1955
Type: TV
Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.
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We're No Angels
Title: We're No Angels
Character: Jules
Released: July 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
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Title: Was bin ich?
Character: self
Released: January 2, 1955
Type: TV
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Beau Brummell
Title: Beau Brummell
Character: principe di Galles
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses wit, brilliance and sartorial flair to align himself with the future King George IV. Lush settings in authentic locations and Taylor in Regency …
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The Egyptian
Title: The Egyptian
Character: Kaptah
Released: August 25, 1954
Type: Movie
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Title: The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Character: Mr. Wonderbird (voice)
Released: May 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a ruthless dictator
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Omnibus
Released: November 9, 1952
Type: TV
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Le Plaisir
Title: Le Plaisir
Character: Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
Released: February 29, 1952
Type: Movie
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
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The Magic Box
Title: The Magic Box
Character: Industry Man
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Abel Shaddick
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Gideon
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Socrates
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Quo Vadis
Title: Quo Vadis
Character: Nero
Released: November 8, 1951
Type: Movie
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
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Hotel Sahara
Title: Hotel Sahara
Character: Emad
Released: July 9, 1951
Type: Movie
World War II farce about the hotel of the title
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Odette
Title: Odette
Character: Lt. Alex Rabinovich
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: Movie
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Private Angelo
Title: Private Angelo
Character: Pvt. Angelo
Released: July 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
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The True Glory
Title: The True Glory
Character: Commentator
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
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The Way Ahead
Title: The Way Ahead
Character: Rispoli
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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The New Lot
Title: The New Lot
Character: Keith
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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The Goose Steps Out
Title: The Goose Steps Out
Character: Krauss
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Title: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Character: The Priest
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
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After Mein Kampf
Title: After Mein Kampf
Character: Marinus van der Lubbe
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.