Sara Kestelman

Sara Kestelman

Born: May 12, 1944
in London, England, UK

Movies for Sara Kestelman...

Title: The Chelsea Detective
Character: Celia Swanson
Released: February 7, 2022
Type: TV
Detective Inspector Max Arnold lives on a battered houseboat at the end of Cheyne Walk after separating from his art dealer wife Astrid. The son of a local bookshop owner, Max is a far cry from the affluent elite whose crimes he'll help solve along with D.C. Priya Shamsie.
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The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading
Title: The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading
Released: May 19, 2021
Type: Movie
On the day of her wedding, Leah is possessed by a dybbuk – the spirit of her former lover who died after learning of her engagement to another man. Set in the vanished, mystically religious world of 19th-century Eastern European Hasidism, S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk is a complex and meticulously crafted tragedy in which two lovers, betrothed before birth and denied earthly communion, are ultimately bound together for all eternity. This semi-staged reading took take place at the Almeida, as part of Six Artists in Search of a Play.
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The Old Woman Who Hid Her Fear Under the Stairs
Title: The Old Woman Who Hid Her Fear Under the Stairs
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A woman's unique method of coping with fear becomes a liability when someone else's attention unnerves her.
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The Last Sparks of Sundown
Title: The Last Sparks of Sundown
Character: Lydia Fairweather
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Two down-on-their-luck American brothers travel to England to sell their late grandfather's country estate. A straightforward plan if it weren't for the strangers in the house and the sinister man on their tail.
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Prick Thy Neighbour
Title: Prick Thy Neighbour
Character: Millie
Released: September 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Mike’s interest in his neighbour Fiona is definitely not reciprocated. But Millie, two doors down, hatches a plan replete with roses and an incontinent cat, that may break the stalemate.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Therapist
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Title: In the Flesh
Character: Connie Furness
Released: March 17, 2013
Type: TV
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Title: Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
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Ex Memoria
Title: Ex Memoria
Character: Eva Lipszyc
Released: August 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A film about memory, loss and survival; Eva Lipszyc is a survivor, but she is now locked away in the twilight world of Alzheimer's disease. We see the world from her point of view, at her eye level, and we see how a chance encounter with a caring young nurse breaks through the barrier
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Title: Ultimate Force
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
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Mind Games
Title: Mind Games
Character: Dr. Davina Ward
Released: January 6, 2001
Type: Movie
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her sceptical colleagues.
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Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause
Title: Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Anna Karenina
Character: Countess Vronskaya
Released: May 9, 2000
Type: TV
In 19th century Russia, aristocrat Anna Karenina has a passionate extramarital affair with the dashing Count Vronsky that could lead to both their ruin. A four-part British television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.
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Title: Relic Hunter
Character: Simone DeGuerre
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: TV
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.
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Title: Invasion: Earth
Character: Grp. Capt. Susan Preston
Released: May 8, 1998
Type: TV
Invasion: Earth is a BBC science fiction mini-series. It was made in collaboration with the Sci Fi Channel, and released in 1998 as six fifty minute episodes.
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Title: The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Character: Mrs. Wilkins
Released: November 9, 1997
Type: TV
Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.
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Title: Trial & Retribution
Released: October 19, 1997
Type: TV
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was number 12 which aired in February 2009.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Bernie
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Brazen Hussies
Title: Brazen Hussies
Character: Madame Zarene
Released: November 30, 1996
Type: Movie
After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen Hardcastle decides to spice up her flagging business by turning it into a male stripper club, with the help of untrustworthy businessman Billy Bowman.
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Cabaret
Title: Cabaret
Character: Fräulein Schneider
Released: December 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally and the impish Emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside, a notorious political party grows into a brutal force.
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The Last Romantics
Title: The Last Romantics
Character: Queenie Leavis
Released: March 29, 1992
Type: Movie
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.
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Somewhere to Run
Title: Somewhere to Run
Character: Magistrate
Released: July 11, 1989
Type: Movie
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
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Title: Screen Two
Character: Queenie Leavis
Released: January 6, 1985
Type: TV
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Margaret Semple
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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A Walk in the Forest
Title: A Walk in the Forest
Character: Elisaveta Kutsov
Released: May 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident.
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Break of Day
Title: Break of Day
Character: Alice
Released: December 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends.
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Title: The New Avengers
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: TV
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
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Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration
Title: Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration
Character: Ruth
Released: April 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Jack Flea finds himself living with a woman nearly twice his age, who decides to make him her fantasy child. It is a role our young hero cannot resist.
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Lisztomania
Title: Lisztomania
Character: Princess Carolyn
Released: October 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Roger Daltrey of The Who stars as 19th century genius pianist Franz Liszt in this brash, loud and free-wheeling rock 'n' roll fantasia centered around an imagined rivalry between Liszt and composer Richard Wagner-- painted here as a vampiric harbinger of doom and destruction.
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Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
Title: Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
Character: Mrs. Acland
Released: January 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
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Title: Playhouse
Released: March 13, 1974
Type: TV
BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Among its many notable guest stars were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald Pleasence, Brenda Blethyn, and Peggy Ashcroft. It premiered in the UK on March 13, 1974 and ran through May 20, 1983.
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Zardoz
Title: Zardoz
Character: May
Released: February 6, 1974
Type: Movie
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Monika Hendricks
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Hagar
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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The Enchanted Loom
Title: The Enchanted Loom
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A study of the brain as miracle. Shows neuron structure, hemispheric organization, and the separation of hemispheric capacities. Discusses the unlimited potential and the interacting mutual construction of the brain and the environment. Examines the implication of the new knowledge for teaching methods