Peter UstinovFilmography

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

Actors: Geraldine Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Peter Ustinov, Petula Clark

Synopsis: For a variety of reasons, mostly political, Charlie Chaplin left the United States in the early fifties living the final quarter-century of his life in Switzerland. Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years documents this last act in the legendary director's life. The film intersperses personal footage Read More

Salem Witch Trials

Actors: Kirstie Alley, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Gloria Reuben, Henry Czerny

Synopsis: In the tradition of Arthur Miller's McCarthy-era play The Crucible, this two-part TV dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials was heavily influenced by the present-day political scene. Rev. Parris (Henry Czerny), spiritual leader of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, needs a unifying issue to end the Read More

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Actors: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick was one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of his generation, but he was also an intensely private man who rarely gave interviews and produced most of his films under a shroud of secrecy, which tended to foster a great deal of rumor and speculation about his working Read More

My Khmer Heart

Actors: Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Geraldine Cox is an eccentric but deeply compassionate Australian woman who since the 1980s has been operating a refugee center for orphaned children within Cambodia. The documentary My Khmer Heart offers a close look at Cox's life and her work; a single woman with a taste for nightlife and eager Read More

The Bachelor

Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Artie Lange

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmie, the grandson of an eccentric millionaire. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Jimmie learns that he stands to inherit $100 million on his 30th birthday. There's only one stipulation: Jimmie has to be married to get the money. And he is Read More

Stiff Upper Lips

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates, Samuel West, Sean Pertwee

Synopsis: This 5.7-million-dollar British comedy from writer/director Gary Sinyor satirizes the now-familiar Merchant-Ivory style of period dramas. So no one will miss the joke, the central setting is Ivory Hall, the Ivory family mansion in rural England. In 1908, young twit Edward Ivory (Samuel West) plans Read More

On the Trail of Mark Twain with Sir Peter Ustinov, Part 3: A Riddle at Every Turn

Synopsis: Based on Mark Twain's highly acclaimed book Following the Equator, On the Trail of Mark Twain With Sir Peter Ustinov: A Riddle at Every Turn -- Vol. 3 is the third episode in a four-part PBS travel documentary series. The 60-minute program features actor and journalist Peter Ustinov traveling to Read More

On the Trail of Mark Twain with Sir Peter Ustinov, Part 1: Isles of Paradise

Synopsis: Based on Mark Twain's highly acclaimed book Following the Equator, On the Trail of Mark Twain with Sir Peter Ustinov: Isles of Paradise -- Volume 1 is the first episode in a four-part PBS travel documentary series. The 60-minute program features actor and journalist Peter Ustinov island-hopping in Read More

On the Trail of Mark Twain with Sir Peter Ustinov, Part 2: Beautiful Death

Synopsis: Based on Mark Twain's highly acclaimed book Following the Equator, On the Trail of Mark Twain With Sir Peter Ustinov: Beautiful Death -- Vol. 2 is the second episode in a four-part PBS travel documentary series. The 60-minute program features actor and journalist Peter Ustinov traveling to Hawaii Read More

Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Tina Majorino

Synopsis: Originally produced for NBC television, this adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic features an impressive cast, including Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Ben Kingsley, Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Wilder, Peter Ustinov, and George Wendt. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Animal Farm

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond

Synopsis: George Orwell's political fable about corruption and betrayal in post-revolutionary Russia gets a new look in this version that employs a cast of real animals alongside digitally manipulated critters and lifelike beasts crafted by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. At the Manor Farm, the alcoholic master Read More

On the Trail of Mark Twain with Sir Peter Ustinov, Part 4: Such a Wonderful Thing

Synopsis: On the Trail of Mark TwainWith Sir Peter Ustinov: Such a Wonderful Thing -- Vol. 4 is the final episode in a four-part PBS travel documentary series. The 60-minute program features actor and journalist Peter Ustinov traveling to Mauritius and South Africa. Highlights include a journey from Read More

Through Joy and Beyond: The Life of C.S. Lewis

Synopsis: Actor Peter Ustinov narrates this look at the personal and professional life of the highly accomplished writer C.S. Lewis. Lewis is the British author who wrote such Christian classics as Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and The Screwtape Letters. Lewis is also beloved for his Read More

Cosi Fan Tutte (Salzburg Marionette Theatre)

Crew: Presented by

Actors: Pilar Lorengar, Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies, Tom Krause, Jane Berbié

An Evening with Sir Peter Ustinov

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Salzburg Marionette Theatre)

Actors: Peter Ustinov

Don Giovanni (Salzburg Marionette Theatre)

Crew: Presented by

Actors: Cesare Siepi, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Cesare Valletti, Fernando Corena

Inside the Vatican With Sir Peter Ustinov: The Flight From Rome

Inside the Vatican With Sir Peter Ustinov: Upon This Rock

Inside the Vatican With Sir Peter Ustinov: The Third Millennium

Inside the Vatican With Sir Peter Ustinov: The Renaissance

Pavarotti in Confidence with Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: This video is part of a series of interviews made by actor Peter Ustinov and noted celebrities. This program features Ustinov in a conversation with opera star Luciano Pavarotti. Pavarotti, whose persona and voice have charmed millions of listeners, talks to Ustinov at the tenor's home in Pesaro Read More

The Old Curiosity Shop

Synopsis: In this Disney version of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, Nell Trent is well cared for by her kind and gentle grandfather (Peter Ustinov) at his London curiosity shop. She, in turn, looks after him, cooking meals and keeping him company with her angelic smile and loving nature, vowing Read More

Lorenzo's Oil

Actors: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman

Synopsis: Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaking Lorenzo's Oil. Based on a true story, the film begins as bright young Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) is leading a pleasant life on the Comoro Read More

Granpa

Actors: Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Based on the children's book by John Burningham, Granpa brings together original music, heartfelt characterizations, and a universal story line. Emily has a unique imagination, or so she thinks, until she meets her match in Granpa. Together, the two bring to life an awesome jungle, a rolling sea Read More

Peter Ustinov in China, Part Two: Tibet to Hong Kong

Synopsis: This program is the second part of a two-part series, in which actor Peter Ustinov leads viewers on a tour of China. The diverse peoples and landscapes of the world's most populous nation come to life in vignettes that show its citizens at work and at play in their land. Informative and Read More

Peter Ustinov in China, Part One: Beijing to Tibet

Synopsis: This program is part one of a two-part series, in which actor Peter Ustinov leads viewers on a tour of China. The diverse peoples and landscapes of the world's most populous nation come to life in vignettes that show its citizens at work and at play in their land. In addition to Beijing and Tibet Read More

Around the World in 80 Days

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Peter Ustinov, Julia Nickson

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan stars as adventurer Phineas Fogg in this adaptation of Jules Verne's classic story, in which to win a wager he must travel around the globe in 80 days or less. However, Fogg has been blamed for the theft of a large amount of money, and a detective (Peter Ustinov) is hot on his trail Read More

Portrait of an Artist: Monet - Legacy of Light

Synopsis: Claude Monet and his artwork has dazzled people for years. Who was this man and what inspired him? Monet: Legacy of Light invites viewers to take a closer look at the life and career of this brilliant artist. Visit his home in Giverney as the story of his life is told with the help of pages from Read More

La Revolution Française

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Andrzej Seweryn, Jean-François Balmer

Synopsis: With its release timed to coincide with celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution (1789-94), this film is actually two films released under one general title. The first, subtitled The Light Years, covers the period from the first stirrings of the revolution (e.g., the Read More

Appointment with Death

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie

Synopsis: In this mystery, Peter Ustinov reprises the role of Hercule Poirot, the fussy and flower-tending detective from Belgium created by Agatha Christie. In 1937, Mrs. Emily Boynton (Piper Laurie) is on an archeological dig in Palestine; she inherited the wealth of her recently deceased husband and Read More

Challenge the Rockies

Peep and the Big Wide World

Through Day and Beyond

Synopsis: This documentary covers the life and times of C.S. Lewis, the Christian scholar. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

Synopsis: More than a century after he lived, Jack the Ripper remains the most notorious serial killer of all time. In this 1988 documentary hosted by actor Peter Ustinov, investigators apply 20th-century forensic tools to the case in hopes of once and for all identifying the legendary madman. ~ Matthew Read More

Omni: The New Frontier

Omni: The Real E.T.

The Search for Santa Claus

The Ballerinas

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 1: A Giant's Childhood

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, which explores the colorful history of Russia. Ustinov, whose heritage is partly Russian, takes the viewer back in time in this episode to learn how the nation was formed. On-location visits to important places in the country's Read More

Dead Man's Folly

Actors: Constance Cummings, Jean Stapleton, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov stars once more as Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's insufferably brilliant Belgian detective. Unlike many of Ustinov's earlier Poirot vehicles, which were set in the 1930s, the made-for-TV Dead Man's Folly takes place in contemporary England. Jean Stapleton costars as an American Read More

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 5: War and Revolution

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, which explores the colorful history of Russia. In this episode, Ustinov, whose own heritage includes Russian ancestors, examines the great political revolution in his native land. The October Revolution in 1917 brought an end to Read More

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 6: My Russia

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, that explores the many faces of Russia. In this episode, Ustinov, whose heritage is partly Russian, returns to that country. He visits some of its finest cities and attractions, and is feted in grand Russian style at a party Read More

Murder in Three Acts

Actors: Tony Curtis, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Agatha Christie's Murder in Three Acts represents Peter Ustinov's fifth appearance as Dame Agatha's brilliant, insufferable Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The scene is Acapulco, where retired actor Tony Curtis hosts two separate parties--both of them were blighted by the fatal poisoning of a Read More

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 2: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, which explores the colorful history of Russia. In this episode, Ustinov, whose own heritage includes Russian ancestors, examines the lives of two of the most famous rulers in the country's history. Archival paintings and accounts Read More

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 3: The Struggle with Napoleon

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, which explores the colorful history of Russia. In this episode, Ustinov, whose own heritage is partly Russian, turns to the chapter in history when Czar Alexander I and his people repelled the imperialistic advances of Napoleon. Read More

Peter Ustinov's Russia, Vol. 4: Dissent

Synopsis: This program is part of a series, narrated by actor Peter Ustinov, which explores the colorful history of Russia. In this episode, Ustinov, whose own heritage includes Russian ancestors, examines the political history of his native land. The nation saw the death of the monarchy and the rise of Read More

Thirteen at Dinner

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet

Synopsis: Agatha Christie's famous Belgian fussbudget detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is called in after a beautiful American actress (Faye Dunaway) claims that her husband, a prominent British lord, was murdered by a woman who looks just like her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Murder With Mirrors

Actors: Dorothy Tutin, John Mills, Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, Leo McKern

Synopsis: Helen Hayes makes her second TV appearance as Agatha Christie's female sleuth Miss Marple in Murder with Mirrors. Marple has been summoned to the lavish country estate of her old friend Carrie Louise Serrocold (Bette Davis). Carrie's stepson has been killed, and she fears that his won't be the Read More

Memed, My Hawk

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Simon Dutton, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick

Synopsis: This disappointing, pretentious farce by writer and director Peter Ustinov, who also stars as the incompetent but powerful Abki Aga, is based on a novel by Yashar Kemal about Memed (Simon Dutton) a man who escapes into the Turkish hills with the woman he loves (Leonie Mellinger), a woman already Read More

Evil Under the Sun

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, James Mason

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given Read More

Wimbledon: A Century of Greatness

The Great Muppet Caper

Actors: Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The Great Muppet Caper is the second Muppet film and it is considerably more complex than its predecessor, The Muppet Movie, which was essentially just a road movie. As the film begins, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are reporters who have failed to bag a story of a London jewel heist, which Read More

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov plays the talented detective in San Francisco who attempts, with help/hindrance from his clumsy grandson (Richard Hatch), to solve a murder case in this mystery/comedy. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Grendel, Grendel, Grendel

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell, Arthur Dignam, Ed Rosser, Bobby Bright

Synopsis: In the late 1970s, Grendel by John Gardner was a highbrow best-seller that everyone with pretensions to intellectual sophistication was reading. In it, the author retold the epic Anglo-Saxon hero myth of Beowulf from the point of view of the monster the hero killed, rather than from the hero's Read More

Nous Maigrirons Ensemble

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Bernadette Lafont, Catherine Alric, Sylvie Joly

Synopsis: In this comedy, Victor (Peter Ustinov) is a film director whose career has taken a nose dive. He believes that his job difficulties are the result of his increasingly overweight physique, and he becomes the victim of every fad diet and quack physician he can find. Despite this, he has a varied and Read More

Strumpet City

Actors: Peter O'Toole, Peter Ustinov, David Kelly, Bryan Murray

Synopsis: One of the most turbulent eras in Dublin history is detailed in this adaptation of the James Plunkett novel directed by Tony Barry and starring Peter Ustinov and Peter O'Toole. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tarka the Otter

Ashanti

Actors: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Kabir Bedi, Rex Harrison

Synopsis: Released simply as Ashanti, this search-and-rescue film was adapted by scenarist Stephen Geller (Slaughterhouse-Five) from Evano, a novel by Alberto Vasques-Figueroa. Odious middle-eastern slave trader Peter Ustinov sets the plot in motion by kidnapping Beverly Johnson, the wife of World Health Read More

Winds of Change

Synopsis: Five ancient Greek myths are updated and set to disco music in this animated, tuneful anthology narrated by Peter Ustinov. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Death on the Nile

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, David Niven, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov began his long association with the Hercule Poirot character of murder mystery novelist Agatha Christie with this lavish but financially disappointing follow-up to the popular Murder on the Orient Express (1974). During a luxurious pleasure cruise down the Nile aboard a lavish vessel Read More

The Thief of Baghdad

Actors: Ian Holm, Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: This made-for-TV fantasy is a tale from the well-known Arabian Nights fable featuring a flying carpet, a prince, a pretty maiden, and a genie. Roddy McDowall, Ian Holm and Peter Ustinov appear in this Middle Eastern adventure. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Doppio Delitto

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Agostina Belli, Ursula Andress, Peter Ustinov, Jean-Claude Brialy

Synopsis: Marcello Mastroianni plays the downtrodden Bruno Baldassare, a murder-squad investigator in Rome who gets no respect from his peers, who give him the least interesting cases. His bumbling aide, Cantalamessa, gets even less respect. While a lightning strike could have caused the deaths of two Read More

The Mouse and His Child

Synopsis: This rather complex animated adventure concerns the quest of a toy wind-up mouse and his son to become self-winding.The two accidentally fall off a shelf, and are thrown out with the garbage. Then, they must escape from an evil rat who imprisons them. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Actors: Ann-Margret, Marty Feldman, Michael York, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the subject of broad parody in this slapstick comedy. The original tale, best known to film lovers from William Wellman's 1939 classic, tells of several brothers who join the Read More

Un Taxi Mauve

Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Agostina Belli, Peter Ustinov, Fred Astaire

Synopsis: An ambitious musical adaptation of Michel Déon's best-selling novel, Un Taxi Mauve is set in Ireland during a time in which the nation announced it would no longer demand income taxes of artists, bringing a steady stream of creative bohemians to the Emerald Isle. Novelist Philippe (Philippe Read More

The Mermaid Frolics

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Julie Covington, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller

Jesus of Nazareth

Actors: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Peter Ustinov, Christopher Plummer, Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Ian McShane, Laurence Olivier, Rod Steiger

Synopsis: Because director Franco Zeffirelli noted publicly that he intended to depict Jesus Christ as a human being rather than a religious icon, his expensive made-for-TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth fell victim to protestors long before its April 3, 1977, debut. Despite the pullout of several sponsors Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Aftermath - How the Mighty Have Fallen

Synopsis: From producers BBC/Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. The programs are given a voice by Peter Ustinov and historian Jonathon Terrine. In Europe the Mighty Continent: Aftermath -- How Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Allies - The End of War

Synopsis: From producers BBC/Time Life the Europe - The Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. The programs are given a voice by Peter Ustinov and historian Jonathon Terrine. In Europe the Mighty Continent: Allies - The End Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: English, D-Day & The Holocaust

Synopsis: From producers BBC/Time Life the Europe - The Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. The programs are given a voice by Peter Ustinov and historian Jonathon Terrine. In Europe the Mighty Continent: English, D-Day & Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Social Classes - 1900 - A World to Win

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. This program explores the forces of nationalism Read More

Treasure of Matecumbe

Actors: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran

Synopsis: This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Years 1904-1914 - Drums Begin to Roll

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. The series is given a voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. In Years 1904-1914: Drums Begin to Roll, the series Read More

Logan's Run

Actors: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett

Synopsis: In a hermetically sealed, post-apocalyptic urban environment several centuries hence, Logan 5 (Michael York) and his friend Francis 7 (Richard Jordan) lead unquestioning lives of hedonism. Entertainment comes in the form of casual sexual liaisons and gladiatorial games in which those who do not Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Rise of the Dictators - Form! Riflemen!

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. This program explores the difficult economic Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Results of War - Making a Good Peace?

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. In Results of War: Making A Good Peace, the aftermath Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Search for Unity - A European Idea

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. In this program, events of the later 20th century are Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Ruling Houses - 1900

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. This program explores the rising appreciation among Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Great War - This Generation Has No Future

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. In Europe the Mighty Continent - Great War: This Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: Glory of Europe - 1900 - Hey Day Fever

Synopsis: From producers BBC/Time Life the Europe - The Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. The programs are given a voice by Peter Ustinov and historian Jonathon Terrine. In Glory of Europe - 1900: Hey Day Fever the Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: New Europe - A Certain Amount of Violence

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. This program explores Europe in the wake of WWII. It Read More

Europe the Mighty Continent: League of Nations - The Hope of Mankind

Synopsis: From the BBC and Time Life, the Europe the Mighty Continent series explores the immense changes that have taken place on the European continent over the last century. This rich history is given voice by Peter Ustinov and historian John Terrine. This program examines Woodrow Wilson's dream of Read More

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Joan Sims

Synopsis: In this comical Disney espionage adventure, a herd of nannies team up with Scotland Yard and set off to find important microfilm that was concealed, by a wicked Chinese spy, within the skeleton of a dinosaur that now sits in the British Natural History Museum ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

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Robin Hood

Actors: Brian Bedford, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Roger Miller, George Lindsey, Phil Harris, Terry-Thomas

Synopsis: Robin Hood is one of the first animated films produced by the Walt Disney Company after Walt Disney's death in 1967. For the film, the studio's animators took the Disney tradition of adding human-like animal sidekicks to established tales (Cinderella, Pinnochio) a step further by making Robin Read More

Hammersmith Is Out

Crew: Director

Actors: Carl Donn, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames

Synopsis: Loosely based on the Faust legend, Hammersmith is Out stars Richard Burton as the title character, a mental patient confined to the sanitarium owned by a loony doctor (Peter Ustinov, who also directed). Befriending a lackadaisical orderly named Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges), the satanic Read More

Babar Comes to America

Actors: Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: The second NBC cartoon special inspired by Jean de Brunhoff's delightful "Babar" books, Babar Comes to America, like its predecessor Babar, the Little Elephant (1968), was produced by Mendelson-Melendez studios, and narrated by Peter Ustinvo. Based on Travels of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff and Babar Read More

A Storm in Summer

Synopsis: Rod Serling wrote the teleplay for the made-for-TV Storm in Summer; as with much of his latter-day work, it was snubbed by the critics but adored by the viewers. Peter Ustinov plays an old Jewish deli owner in upstate New York. Since the death of his son in World War II, Ustinov has shut himself Read More

Viva Max!

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters, John Astin, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: This comedy was banned in Mexico and plagued by vandalism and threats of violence during film production in San Antonio, Texas. General De Santos (Peter Ustinov) organizes a ragtag group of Mexican nationals for the purpose of retaking the Alamo. Using the Washington's Birthday Parade in Laredo as Read More

Hot Millions

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley

Synopsis: This comedy finds a veteran crook turning to modern computer technology to steal money from various companies. Even before he is released from jail Caesar (Peter Ustinov) is planning his high-tech heist. He cons American executive Klemper (Karl Malden) and sets up three bogus companies to receive Read More

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

Synopsis: French artist-writer Jean de Brunoff's Babar the Elephant first saw the light of the animation board in this 1968 TV cartoon special. Peter Ustinov narrates the story of the little pachyderm who eventually became king of Elephant Land. De Brunoff's implicit approval of French colonialism (in Read More

Blackbeard's Ghost

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker

Synopsis: Blackbeard's Ghost was one of the first Disney productions released after Walt's death. Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to come to aid of his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester. The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that Read More

The Comedians

Actors: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Paul Ford

Synopsis: The humorous title of this story taken from the novel by Graham Greene gives the viewer the wrong impression. The story concerns the residents of a once-posh hotel in Haiti and the fate of the country's people under the despotic dictator Papa Doc Duvalier. Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) is the Read More

Barefoot in Athens

Synopsis: Socrates falls from grace, and becomes the lone voice of democracy amongst the corruption of his fellow Athenians in this television adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's play. The fall has been hard on the great philosopher. He walks about his city ragged and sans footwear, causing his wife untold Read More

Lady L

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven, Claude Dauphin, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: Lady L (Sophia Loren) is an 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous adventures in flashback in this light sex comedy. While working as a laundress, Lady L falls for the gambler and anarchist Armand (Paul Newman), who gets mixed up with an inept group trying to assassinate the senile Prince Otto (Peter Ustinov Read More

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady

Synopsis: Politics and sports clash in this occasionally funny spoof centered around a downed U2 pilot and an extravagant oil sheik. John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna), a former football player, now pilot, sent on a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union, is lost and crash-lands in the Middle Eastern Read More

Topkapi

Actors: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis: After years of enduring movie lampoons of his 1955 crime-caper classic Rififi, director Jules Dassin topped them all with his own spoof, Topkapi. It's a rather disreputable crew that teams for the elaborate jewel theft masterminded by Maximillian Schell. Sexy Melina Mercouri (Mrs. Dassin) is Read More

Billy Budd

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Terence Stamp, Ronald Lewis, John Neville

Synopsis: Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd is adapted for the screen, distinguished by Robert Krasker's expressive black-and-white cinematography and Peter Ustinov's crisp direction. Terence Stamp is Billy Budd, a seaman forced to serve in the British Navy during the war between England and France Read More

Women of the World

Synopsis: Director Gualtiero Jacopetti and his "mondo" films started an entire category of degrading shockumentaries which deal with topics like cannibalism, animal torture and killing, sexual oddities, and all manner of animalistic, brutal behavior in human culture. La Donna nel Mondo is one in this series Read More

Romanoff and Juliet

Crew: Director, Play Author, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton, Suzanne Cloutier

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov went the auteur route as writer, director, producer, and star of this Cold War farce, based on his play and very similar to the equally well-regarded The Mouse That Roared (1959). Ustinov is "the general," leader of the tiny European nation Concordia, which is so small that it does Read More

The Sundowners

Actors: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill

Synopsis: Director Fred Zinnemann was riding a crest in the '50s with movies like High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma, and his success continues in this western-style drama set in Australia in the 1920s. Ida Carmody (Deborah Kerr) is married to Paddy (Robert Mitchum), a sheep drover whose nomadic Read More

Spartacus

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before Read More

School for Scoundrels

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price

Synopsis: In the British farce School for Scoundrels, Ian Carmichael plays a naïve young loser, Henry Palfrey, who is anxious to get ahead in the world. He enrolls in a "school" that specializes in teaching one-upmanship -- the slogan is "How to win without actually cheating." Through fair means and foul Read More

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

Synopsis: An animated classic romance, this is the story of a handsome young chimneysweep and a beautiful princess. The voices are provided by Claire Bloom and Peter Ustinov. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Les Espions

Actors: Curd Jürgens, Gerard Sety, Véra Clouzot, Sam Jaffe, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Filmed in 1955, Les Espions (The Spies) was based on Midnight Patient, a novel by Egon Hostowsky. The scene is a rundown sanitarium, which is subtly but thoroughly taken over by a ruthless gang of international spies. One of the new "patients" is purportedly the inventor of a new nuclear explosive Read More

I Girovaghi

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Abbe Lane

Synopsis: A top international cast distinguishes the leisurely-paced drama I Girovaghi (The Wanderers). Peter Ustinov stars as itinerant puppeteer Don Alfonso, who tours the provinces in the company of his wife (Carmen Del Piggio) and son (Gaetano Autiero). During a stopover in one tiny village, Don Alfonso Read More

Un Angel Paso por Brooklyn

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Pablito Calvo, Aroldo Tieri, Silvia Marco, Maurizio Arena

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov stars as a nasty, grasping Brooklyn slum lord who earns the hatred of everyone. An old lady, cast out on the street by Ustinov, places a curse on his head. The result: Ustinov turns into a dog! Forced to witness the world from a mutt's eye view, the surly landlord truly understands Read More

Lola Montès

Actors: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg

Synopsis: Max Ophuls' final film (and his only movie in color) is a cinematic tour-de-force masquerading as a biography, in this case a dazzling fictionalized life of the notorious 19th century dancer, actress, and courtesan. A still beautiful, but weary and disillusioned (and, as we later discover, ailing) Read More

We're No Angels

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone

Synopsis: Samuel and Bella Spewack's English adaptation of French playwright Albert Husson's morbidly humorous stage piece My Three Angels was brought to the screen as the heavily laundered but still wickedly funny We're No Angels. The scene is French Guiana, a few days before Christmas. Humphrey Bogart Read More

The Egyptian

Actors: Edmund Purdom, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Sr.

Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Mika Waltari and helmed by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, The Egyptian, a lavish period soaper, is set several centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ. Young Egyptian healer Sinuhe Edmund Purdom (ere accompanied by his servant, Kaptah, played by Peter Ustinov) Read More

Beau Brummell

Actors: Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, James Donald

Synopsis: As an actor, British film star Stewart Granger was very handsome, but this is all that is required of him in Beau Brummell. Granger plays the famed 18th-century dandy and social arbiter who rises from poverty to become the adviser and severest critic of the Prince of Wales (marvelously portrayed Read More

Le Plaisir

Actors: Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin

Synopsis: The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the possible exception of Georges Simenon). Max Ophuls harnesses three Maupassant short stories to suit his artistic purposes in Le Plaisir (House of Pleasure). In "The Mask," an Read More

Hotel Sahara

Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson, Roland Culver, Albert Lieven

Synopsis: Though Yvonne de Carlo is top billed in Hotel Sahara, the film is stolen hands-down by second-billed Peter Ustinov. The scene is a desert hotel, smack dab in the middle of neutral territory during WW II. Hotel owner Emad (Ustinov) cheerfully changes the decor--and his loyalties--depending upon Read More

Quo Vadis?

Actors: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan

Synopsis: Originally advertised as "Colossal Quo Vadis," this opulent MGM production is far and away the most elaborate of the many versions of Henryk Sienkiewicz' novel. The plot, as always, concerns the romance between a beautiful early Christian woman (Deborah Kerr) and the initially agnostic Roman Read More

The Magic Box

Actors: Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, John Charlesworth, James Kenney

Synopsis: The Magic Box was the English film industry's contribution to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Its all-star cast generously forsook their usual salaries for the privilege of paying tribute to that unsung pioneer of cinema, William Friese-Greene, here played by Robert Donat. Adapted by Eric Ambler Read More

Odette

Actors: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Peter Ustinov, Bernard Lee

Synopsis: This espionage drama was based on the true story of Odette Sansom Churchill, who became an unlikely hero during WWII. Born in France, Odette (Anna Neagle) was married to an Englishman who died in battle. When the British Army made an appeal for photos of the French coastline, Odette mailed a set Read More

Private Angelo

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Godfrey Tearle, Peter Ustinov, Marjorie Rhodes, James Robertson Justice

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov co-produced, wrote and co-directed the quietly effective Private Angelo. Set during
WW II, the film stars Ustinov as a tremulous Italian army private who does his best to avoid getting shot at. Trouble is, the more he tries to run away from danger, the more dangerous his life Read More

Vice Versa

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Written and directed by Peter Ustinov, Vice Versa is a one-joke fantasy comedy which manages to hold up almost to the very end. Anthony Newley plays the funloving son of stuffy stockbroker Roger Livesy. Father and son come into possession of a magic stone, and place a wish upon it. The result Read More

School for Secrets

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Ernest Jay, David Tomlinson

Synopsis: Produced, directed and scripted by Peter Ustinov (who did not star), Secret Flight was released in Great Britain in 1946, but not distributed in the U.S. until 1951 -- at which time it was panned as being out-of-date! The fact-based screenplay details the efforts of five dedicated British Read More

Carnival

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Dennis Arundell, Marie Ault, Brenda Bruce

Synopsis: Of the many films (English and American) bearing the title Carnival, only one was based on the Compton MacKenzie novel of the same name. This 1946 melodrama stars Sally Gray as a 19th century ballet dancer who makes an unfortunate career move by marrying a taciturn Cornish farmer (Bernard Miles). Read More

The Way Ahead

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: David Niven, Raymond Huntley, William Hartnell, Stanley Holloway, James Donald

Synopsis: The Immortal Battalion has a bit of a convoluted history. It started life as a training film, The New Lot, which ran 44 minutes. When Winston Churchill approached David Niven about creating a film that would do for the British Army what In Which We Serve had done for the Royal Navy, he contacted Read More

Let the People Sing

Actors: Alastair Sim, Fred Emney, Edward Rigby, Patricia Roc, Oliver Wakefield

Synopsis: Let the People Sing is an offshoot of J. B. Priestly's earlier show business-based fable The Good Companions. In Companions, a trio of mismatched dogooders save a musical troupe from ruin. In Let the People Sing, Alastair Sim is a besotted nobleman who comes to the aid of indigent comedian Fred Emney Read More

The Goose Steps Out

Synopsis: Future action-film expert Basil Dearden cut his directorial teeth on The Goose Steps Out, a wartime espionage comedy. The star (and co-director) is Will Hay, a major British comedian of the era whose stock in trade was playing pompous, inefficient schoolmasters. This time Hay and his confederates Read More

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Actors: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Pamela Brown, Hugh Burden

Synopsis: This subtle, unadorned British war drama was the second collaboration between "The Archers," Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Six British bomber crewmen are obliged to bail out over Holland. To escape detection from the Nazis, the crewmen accept the hospitality of several Hollanders, all Read More

Mein Kampf - My Crimes

Synopsis: This historical documentary makes use of both archive footage and dramatic re-enactments to show the rise to power of Adolf Hitler. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Hullo Fame

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Synopsis: Learn about lions. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sierra Club Series: We Live with Elephants

Synopsis: Learn about elephants. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sierra Club Series: Wonderful Kangaroo

Synopsis: Learn about kangaroos. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sierra Club Series: Battle of the Bison Forest

Synopsis: Discover the eco-system and its participants. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

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Sierra Club Series: Humpback Whale

Synopsis: Learn about the humpback whale. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 3: Poseidon - Master of the Seas

Synopsis: The ancient Greeks believed in a god of the sea, Poseidon, brother of Zeus. In the Path of the Gods: Poseidon: Master of the Seas journeys to sites where reverent Greeks worshipped this powerful god. His history is told, including details of how he got his trident. Sir Peter Ustinov provides Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 4: Demeter - The Miracle of Fertility

Synopsis: Fertility rituals appear in many ancient cultures, and the ancient Greeks held the topic in high regard. Demeter was the goddess of both fertility and grain, and her importance to the agriculturally minded Greeks should not be underestimated. In the Path of the Gods: Demeter: The Miracle of Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 5: Apollo - Light and Harmony

Synopsis: Apollo and his sister Artemis were the only twins to be descended from the gods of Mt. Olympus. In the Path of the Gods: Apollo: Light and Harmony is a look at the god who is associated with medicine, archery, light, music, and truth. Sir Peter Ustinov narrates the stories of Apollo, who avenged Read More

In Conversation with Peter Ustinov

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov has made his mark on the world as an actor, writer, and director. He is interviewed for this program by Paul Ryan, who converses with Ustinov on a variety of subjects. They discuss Ustinov's long acting career, in such movies as Quo Vadis and Topkapi, as well as on stage and Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 1: Zeus - King of the Gods

Synopsis: In this series, actor Sir Peter Ustinov narrates the fascinating stories from Greek mythology. Though they are colorful and entertaining works of fiction to modern cultures, they represented much more to the ancient Greeks. In the Path of the Gods: Zeus -- King of the Gods is an examination of the Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 2: Athene and Aphrodite - Wisdom and Love

Synopsis: As this series on Greek mythology continues, the focus is on two rival goddesses, Aphrodite and Athene. Narration is provided by Sir Peter Ustinov, and the scenic locations of Greece enhance the programs. In the Path of the Gods: Athene and Aphrodite -- Wisdom and Love is a discussion of the Read More

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In the Path of the Gods, Part 6: Dionysus - The Joy of Life

Synopsis: The trying circumstances of Dionysus' birth are discussed in this episode of the eight-film series on Greek mythology. The programs are filmed on-location in Greece, with narration provided by Sir Peter Ustinov, and give a thought-provoking look at the beliefs of the ancient Greeks. Dionysus' main Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 7: Artemis - The Forces of Nature

Synopsis: Artemis, Apollo's twin sister, was a virgin goddess, who did not take kindly to being viewed by men. Her rage at being seen by Actaeon is one of the stories told during In the Path of the Gods: Artemis -- The Forces of Nature. She protected the wild, both plants and animals, and was also the Read More

In the Path of the Gods, Part 8: Aries and Eris - Quarrels of the Gods

Synopsis: The two siblings Ares and Eris are legitimate children of Zeus and Hera, and create misery and strife wherever they appear. Disliked even by the gods on Mt. Olympus, the two were lead figures in the Trojan War. In this episode, In the Path of the Gods: Ares and Eris -- Quarrels of the Gods, Sir Read More