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Tag Archives: Peter Ustinov
The Human Dutch AKA Alleman (1963) Bert Haanstra, Simon Carmiggelt, Peter Ustinov
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds Read More »
The Sundowners (1960) Fred Zinnemann, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family–Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean–are sheep drovers, always on the move. Read More »
Winds of Change AKA Metamorphoses (1978) Takashi, Peter Ustinov
Several animated stories from “Metamorphoses”, Roman poet Ovid’s narrative of legends, are presented. Read More »
Romanoff and Juliet (1961) Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin
A tiny, otherwise inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia Read More »
Luther (2003) Eric Till, Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov
Biography of Martin Luther, the 16th-century priest who led the Christian Reformation and opened up new possibilities in exploration of faith. Read More »
Hot Millions (1968) Eric Till, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden
Marcus is just out of prison for embezelment but discovers that it is no longer a world of ledgers but has become one of computers. Read More »
Viva Max (1969) Jerry Paris, Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters
When his girlfriend tells him that his men wouldn’t follow him to a house of ill repute Read More »
Hammersmith Is Out (1972) Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor (Sir Peter Ustinov) of dubious sanity. Read More »
School for Secrets AKA Secret Flight (1946) Peter Ustinov, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. Read More »
Mondo cane n. 2 (1963) Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi, Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov
The original shockumentary sequel made up of episodes in the life of man and beast, filmed all over the world Read More »
Billy Budd (1962) Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Melvyn Douglas
H.M.S. Avenger is headed into battle against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars Read More »
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
A Purple Taxi (1977) Yves Boisset, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland Read More »
Lady L (1965) Peter Ustinov, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Today Lady Louise Lendale (Sophia Loren) is eighty-years-old and she tells her long time admirer Read More »