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- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsGodfrey TearleEric PortmanHugh WilliamsDuring a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsAlastair SimFred EmneyEdward RigbyA Czech political exile and a washed-up music hall comedian form an unlikely partnership to try and save a town's concert hall from the planners, businessmen, and bureaucrats.
- DirectorBasil DeardenWill HayStarsWill HayCharles HawtreyPeter CroftA bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsDavid NivenStanley HollowayJames DonaldWorld War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
- DirectorMichael AndersonPeter UstinovStarsGodfrey TearleMaria DenisPeter UstinovAngelo has been draft 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.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleTrevor HowardMarius GoringDuring WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsYvonne De CarloPeter UstinovDavid TomlinsonIn World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo GennAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRobert DonatMaria SchellRenée AshersonA chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
- DirectorPaul GrimaultStarsPierre BrasseurAnouk AiméeSerge ReggianiA chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJean SimmonsVictor MatureGene TierneyIn ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaoh's court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsStewart GrangerElizabeth TaylorPeter UstinovIn 1796, Captain George Bryan "Beau" Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the Army but is chosen as the Prince's personal advisor.
- DirectorRoyston MorleyStarsPeter Ustinov
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartPeter UstinovAldo RayThree Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsMartine CarolPeter UstinovAnton WalbrookWhen she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.
- DirectorTed ObolenskyStarsPeter UstinovFabergé animals star in a Russian influenced Easter tale.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsPeter UstinovCarla Del PoggioAbbe LaneStory of a family of wandering puppet makers and the destiny which rules their fate.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsCurd JürgensPeter UstinovO.E. HasseShort of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsPeter UstinovPablito CalvoAroldo TieriA cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.
- DirectorStanley KubrickAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierJean SimmonsThe slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsDeborah KerrRobert MitchumPeter UstinovIn Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.
- DirectorPeter UstinovStarsPeter UstinovSandra DeeJohn GavinA tiny, otherwise, inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia holds the deciding vote in a crucial United Nations resolution. As the U.S. and Soviet Union try to manipulate Condordia so that its vote aligns with their interests, Concordia's wily leader turns the tables on the superpowers, pitting one against the other by playing matchmaker between the son of the Soviet Ambassador and the daughter of his U.S. counterpart.
- DirectorPeter UstinovStarsRobert RyanPeter UstinovMelvyn DouglasWhen a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriPeter UstinovMaximilian SchellA conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsShirley MacLainePeter UstinovRichard CrennaA former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .
- DirectorMichael GillStarsJuliet HarmerTom AdamsPeter UstinovA young woman has an incredible love for peaches.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsPeter UstinovGeraldine PageAnthony QuayleThe last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
- DirectorPeter GlenvilleStarsRichard BurtonElizabeth TaylorAlec GuinnessA cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsPeter UstinovDean JonesSuzanne PleshetteAn unassuming track coach accidentally invokes the spirit of a notorious pirate long believed dead, and who must now team up to lay the pirate to rest, and save a local hotel from a mobster.
- DirectorEric TillStarsPeter UstinovMaggie SmithKarl MaldenParoled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsPeter UstinovPamela TiffinJonathan WintersIn the 1960s, a screwy Mexican General and his troops cross into Texas to re-capture the Alamo from the Gringos but they face opposition from the local police, the National Guard and the U.S. State Department.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsPeter UstinovN'Gai DixonPeter BonerzAn emotionally powerful story written by Rod Serling, about a hostile elderly Jewish man (Peter Ustinov), as the proprietor of an upstate New York delicatessen, who becomes the reluctant foster father of a small angry inner-city black child (N'gai Dixon), sent to spend the summer with the man during the Vietnam war.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsPeter UstinovJosé FerrerArnold MossThe Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.
- DirectorEd LevittBill MelendezStarsPeter UstinovSue AllenB.J. BakerKing Babar, Queen Celeste and Artur are invited to Hollywood to make a film, but get sidetracked several times on their way.
- DirectorPeter UstinovStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonPeter UstinovThe Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor (Sir Peter Ustinov) of dubious sanity. The patient (Richard Burton) offers the innocent orderly (Beau Bridges) vast riches if he'll help him escape.
- DirectorDwight HemionStarsRobert ArdittiBurt BacharachBette MidlerBurt talks modern music with Beethoven portrayed by Peter Ustinov. Burt plays "Moonlight Sonata." Stevie Wonder performs "Alfie" and "Superstition." Gilbert O'Sullivan sings "Out of the Question." Bette lets loose on "Chattanooga Choo Choo.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanDavid HandStarsBrian BedfordPhil HarrisRoger MillerThe story of the legendary British outlaw portrayed with the characters as anthropomorphic animals.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsPeter UstinovHelen HayesDerek NimmoA suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMichael YorkJenny AgutterRichard JordanA police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsRobert FoxworthJoan HackettPeter UstinovIn 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.
- DirectorHermann LeitnerStarsHeinz RühmannPeter UstinovIlsemarie SchneringTwo competing antique dealers have their shops opposite each other in a small shopping street. The distinguished Roeder deals in valuable art objects, while the owner of Billy's Art Shop offers cheap imported goods from Hong Kong.
- StarsRobert PowellOlivia HusseyLaurence OlivierBeginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsCharlotte RamplingPhilippe NoiretPeter UstinovWith his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
- DirectorMarty FeldmanStarsMarty FeldmanAnn-MargretMichael YorkAn aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
- DirectorCharles SwensonFred WolfStarsPeter UstinovCloris LeachmanSally KellermanAdaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding".
- DirectorStenoStarsMarcello MastroianniAgostina BelliUrsula AndressA police commissioner and a political activist join to investigate the suspicious death of a playboy Prince.
- DirectorTakashi MasunagaStarsPeter UstinovSeveral animated stories from "Metamorphoses", Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPeter UstinovMia FarrowSimon MacCorkindaleAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsKabir BediDaniel EmilforkFrank FinlayA resourceful thief helps a handsome Prince fight an evil wizard, and win the hand of a beautiful Princess.
- DirectorDavid CobhamStarsPeter BennettEdward UnderdownBrenda CavendishA family movie which follows the life of a real otter and its adventures in the wild.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsMichael CainePeter UstinovKabir BediDr. Anansa Linderby (Beverly Johnson) 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.
- DirectorMichel VocoretStarsPeter UstinovBernadette LafontCatherine AlricThe misfortunes of a fat man who tries to lose weight.
- DirectorStan SwanStarsPeter UstinovW.J. ComperNicole Savage
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovLee GrantAngie DickinsonDetective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?
- DirectorJim HensonStarsJim HensonFrank OzDave GoelzKermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
- DirectorAlex StittStarsPeter UstinovKeith MichellArthur DignamThis is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated in a Monty Pythonesque way by Grendel (Sir Peter Ustinov), the "monster" in the legend.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsPeter UstinovJames MasonMaggie SmithTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
- DirectorMichael DarlowStarsPeter UstinovLilli PalmerRoger ReesEllen 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.
- DirectorPeter UstinovStarsPeter UstinovHerbert LomDenis QuilleyIn 1920s Turkey, young peasant Memed elopes with beautiful Hatche, who was promised in an arranged marriage to the local potentate Abdi Aga's son, and later joins a group of bandits.
- DirectorRolf von SydowStarsHansjörg FelmyHeidelinde WeisGötz GeorgeThe poet Bozidar flees to the English embassy in a communist Eastern bloc state and asks for asylum. Bozidar causes chaos and seduces the bored ambassador wife Iris.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsPeter UstinovFaye DunawayDavid SuchetAn American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovJean StapletonConstance CummingsDuring a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsPeter UstinovTony CurtisEmma SammsHercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
- DirectorKaj PindalStarsPeter UstinovPeep the chicken adventures into the Big Wide World and meets some friends on the way.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsPeter UstinovLauren BacallCarrie FisherWhen a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.
- StarsPierce BrosnanEric IdleJulia NicksonA Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.
- DirectorRobert EnricoRichard T. HeffronStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerJane SeymourFrançois CluzetA chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
- DirectorDianne JacksonStarsPeter UstinovEmily OsborneGranpa (Sir Peter Ustinov) tells stories to his granddaughter Emily (Emily Osborne), who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.
- StarsPeter UstinovVideo including the gorgeous water color illustrations from the book, plus Peter Ustinov's erudite narration, and samples of all of the instruments of the orchestra.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsPeter UstinovDelphine ForestRoberto AlpiA Milanese manager inherits a castle in Tuscany and moves there with his girlfriend and her little son, transforming it into a dog nursery.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsNick NolteSusan SarandonPeter UstinovLorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
- StarsPeter UstinovA look at the history behind various Russian military aircraft.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsAlan BarryAdam BlackwoodTom CourtenayWhen young Nell Trent's grandfather loses the investment money of wharf owner Daniel Quilp with cards, Quilp develops an everlasting urge to get him put in the madhouse. Nell and her grandfather flee the city.
- DirectorZoran PerisicStarsPeter UstinovDee WallaceTimothy HegemanThe story follows 3 American kids who find a golden egg in their grandfather's cottage in England. When the egg falls into a bonfire, a Phoenix emerges and takes the children on a magic carpet to a fantastical land.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsDavid ArtusKevin FurlongNicholas SelbySpoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).
- DirectorNick WillingStarsTina MajorinoWhoopi GoldbergRobbie ColtraneAlice falls down a rabbit hole, and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
- DirectorJohn StephensonStarsKelsey GrammerIan HolmJulia Louis-DreyfusThe animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny amongst themselves.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsChris O'DonnellRenée ZellwegerArtie LangeA commitment-phobic man goes in search of a bride, including his fed-up girlfriend, to inherit his grandfather's one hundred million dollar inheritance.
- DirectorHans-Christoph BlumenbergStarsPeter UstinovRudolf WesselyUdo SamelDas Deutschlandspiel is a 2-part German TV movie produced 2000. It tells the story of German reunification. In addition to scenes the protagonists of the unification were interviewed. The game scenes are supported by original documents.
- StarsVictoria HamiltonJonathan FirthJames CallisThe marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a longtime royal love story.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsKirstie AlleyHenry CzernyGloria ReubenA masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.
- DirectorEric TillStarsJoseph FiennesBruno GanzPeter UstinovDuring the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
- DirectorMartyn FriendStarsSinéad CusackJan NiklasGeraldine ChaplinElfrida Phibbs thought she was retiring from her London life to a "geriatric bolthole" in the country. She soon finds herself compassionately tending to her neighbor Oscar, who has suffered a tragic loss. Together, they agree to depart to Scotland for the holidays, in order to avoid Christmas and the painful memories of what they have lost; they will just skip Christmas. But Elfrida has a young relative desperate to get her own teenage niece, Lucy Marchmont, away from ugly family drama in London, and asks to join Elfrida in Scotland. Soon, Christmas of the heart creeps in, and this group of random people finds that a different kind of Christmas might be the best kind.