Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events. Read More »
Tag Archives: Vanessa Redgrave
Mrs. Dalloway (1997) Marleen Gorris, Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen
London, summer 1923. Clarissa, MP Richard Dalloway’s wife, sets out on a beautiful morning Read More »
Yanks (1979) John Schlesinger, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Read More »
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) Stephen Frears, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. Read More »
A Wall of Silence (1993) Lita Stantic, Vanessa Redgrave, Ofelia Medina, Lautaro Murúa
A film director decides to make a movie about Silvia, a woman who lost her husband during a particularly violent war. Read More »
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Tony Richardson, Jeanne Moreau, Ian Bannen, Vanessa Redgrave, Drama, Romance
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who’s searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Read More »
Out of Season (1975) Alan Bridges, Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George, Drama, Romance
In this tense story of an unusual romantic triangle, middle-aged Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) and her teenage daughter Joanna (Susan George) manage a failing hotel on an island off the British coast. Read More »
Second Serve (1986) Anthony Page, Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ, Biography, Drama, Sport
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transsexual. Read More »
The Sea Gull (1968) Sidney Lumet, James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, Drama, Romance
An aging actress named Irina Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. Read More »
Playing for Time (1980) Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams, Drama, Music
In World War II, the Jewish French musician and cabaret singer Fania Fenelon Goldstein is sent by the Nazis from Paris to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Read More »
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Read More »
Camelot (1967) Joshua Logan, Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
The story of the marriage of England’s King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. Read More »
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Charles Jarrott, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Biography, Drama, History
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Read More »
The Devils (1971) Ken Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Drama, History, Erotic
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Simon Callow, Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister’s son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a café in the downstairs of her large house.
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