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Oct. 10, 2008 2:08 PM ET (AP)
Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Claire Cox, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis: The life of one of the controversial figures in the history of modern religion is brought to the screen in this historical biography. Born in 1483, Martin Luther (Joseph Fiennes) was an intelligent and principled young man who was studying law in early 16th century Germany when a close brush with Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Synopsis: This documentary covers the life and times of C.S. Lewis, the Christian scholar. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Julie Covington, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller
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
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
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
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
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