Polly Walker Filmography

Rome: Season 02

Synopsis: Season Two of the lavish, lusty British historical series Rome begins exactly where Season One left off, with the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in the year 44 BCE. The power struggle that follows is set in motion when, thanks largely to the machinations of Caesar's scheming niece Read More

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo, Hugh Bonneville, Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Tom Hardy, Douglas Hodge, Adrian Lester, Andrew Lincoln, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Catherine Tate, Polly Walker, Benjamin Whitrow

Synopsis: A handful of couples discuss their romantic and erotic tribulations on a sunny afternoon in this romantic comedy drama. It's a beautiful day in London, and a number of people head out to Hampstead Heath Park to enjoy the weather, though not every couple on hand is as comfortable as the weather Read More

Rome: Season 01

Actors: James Purefoy, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Max Pirkis, Indira Varma, Lindsay Duncan, Kerry Condon

Synopsis: The first season of the lush, lavish and frequently lewd and lascivious British historical drama Rome covers the years 52 to 44BCE, beginning with the return of Julius Caesar (Ciaran Hinds) from the Gallic wars and ending with the fateful "Ides of March". Though returning to a hero's welcome Read More

State of Play

Actors: David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, James McAvoy

Synopsis: The government's dangerous penchant for favoring corporate interests is put to the ultimate test after an ambitious politician's research assistant perishes under mysterious circumstances, and a crime that at first appeared unconnected with the death is exposed to reveal an intricate web of lies Read More

Savage Messiah

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this drama centers on a woman's attempts to bring down a sadistic religious zealot. Polly Walker is Paula, a social worker who at first is wowed by a religious cult led by Moses (Luc Picard). Eventually though, she finds there's much more to the group's commune than meets Read More

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Actors: Ciarán Hinds, James Purefoy, Jodhi May, Juliet Aubrey, Polly Walker

Synopsis: Produced for the BBC in 2001, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the second British miniseries version of Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel (the first was filmed in 1978). This time, Ciarán Hinds stars as Michael Henchard, an unemployed drunkard who, in a moment of greedy delirium, sells his wife, Susan (Juliet Aubrey Read More

8 1/2 Women

Actors: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Shizuka Inoh, Barbara Sarafian, Toni Collette, Amanda Plummer, Polly Walker

Synopsis: From Peter Greenaway, one of Britain's most controversial directors, 8 1/2 Women is a laconic black comedy that examines the age-old phenomenon of male sexual fantasy, its roots and consequences. A rich businessman from Geneva acquires eight and a half pachinko parlors in Kyoto, Japan. They are Read More

Eye See You

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger, Charles S. Dutton, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christopher Fulford, Dina Meyer, Robert Patrick, Robert Prosky, Courtney Vance

Synopsis: Sylvester Stallone returned to the screen after a three-year absence (excepting his voice work in Antz) with this tense and violent psychological crime thriller. FBI agent Jake Malloy (Stallone) has been traumatized by an especially vicious murder. No longer able to perform his job, Malloy is Read More

Eye of the Killer

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Henry Czerny, Polly Walker

Synopsis: A troubled cop makes a discovery that really has him worried in this thriller. Mickey Hayden (Kiefer Sutherland), a police detective, is ordered to take a new look at a case he'd worked on ten years ago. A brilliant but demented serial killer known as Jabberwocky went on a killing spree before Read More

Talk of Angels

Actors: Polly Walker, Vincent Perez, Franco Nero, Marisa Paredes, Leire Berrocal

Synopsis: Nick Hamm directed this historical romantic drama, rated PG-13 "for some politically motivated violence." The period prior to the Spanish Civil War provides the background setting for the arrival in Spain of young Irish governess Mary Lavelle (Polly Walker) who begins a year of employment with the Read More

Dark Harbor

Actors: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus

Synopsis: Adam Coleman directed this psychological thriller that opens as attorney David (Alan Rickman) and Alexis Weinberg (Polly Walker), trying to catch the last ferry to their island home, spot a man (Norman Reedus) alongside the rainswept road. He's bleeding from a beating by unknown assailants and Read More

Curtain Call

Actors: James Spader, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Polly Walker, Buck Henry

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy with supernatural touches, Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) works for a large publishing house, editing and acquiring new projects. Lowe's new boss is after him to buy fewer books that are good and more books that will sell, while his girlfriend Julia (Polly Walker) is trying Read More

The Woodlanders

Actors: Emily Woof, Rufus Sewell, Cal Macaninch, Anthony Haygarth, Jodhi May

Synopsis: British documentary filmmaker Phil Agland turned to drama with this re-creation of Thomas Hardy's rural Wessex of the late 19th century, adapted from Hardy's 1887 novel. In the woodland Wessex community of Little Hintock, laconic woodsman Giles Winterbourne (Rufus Sewell) lives in a cottage Read More

Brute

Actors: Til Schweiger, Pete Postlethwaite, John Hurt, Polly Walker

Synopsis: Meciej Dejczer directed this German-French-Polish period drama made with English dialogue. British prisoner Gerry, aka Brute (Til Schweiger) is sent away to complete his sentence in a rundown Romanian orphanage run by sinister Sincal (Pete Postlethwaite), who profits by selling children and other Read More

For Roseanna

Actors: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel, Trevor Peacock, Giuseppe Cederna

Synopsis: A man trying to honor the last wish of his beloved wife has to keep an entire city alive in this bittersweet romantic comedy. Marcello (Jean Reno) is the owner of a restaurant in a small village in Italy. His wife Roseanna (Mercedes Ruehl) has received some awful news: she has learned that her Read More

The Gambler

Actors: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West, Luise Rainer

Synopsis: This British-Dutch-Hungarian biographical drama combines incidents from the life of novelist Feodor Dostoyevsky with a dramatization of his short novel The Gambler. The character of Polina in the novel was based by Dostoyevsky on Polina Suslova, his 1862-63 lover. In the tradition of Dennis Read More

Robinson Crusoe

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan, best known for his suave and sophisticated roles, takes on a new screen personality in this adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic novel. Robinson Crusoe (Brosnan) is an adventurer who hopes to find fame and fortune on the high seas, but a fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and Read More

Emma

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most adapted author in Hollywood), this period romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who imagines herself an authority on Read More

Restoration

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Meg Ryan

Synopsis: This lavish historical drama based on the acclaimed novel by Rose Tremain won Oscars for Costume Design and Art Direction. Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Robert Merivel, a gifted medical student of the 17th century who ignores his studies in favor of pursuing debauched fun -- much to the Read More

Sliver

Actors: Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp

Synopsis: Phillip Noyce directed Joe Eszterhas's adaptation of Ira Levin's novel about voyeurism, starring Sharon Stone as Carly Norris, a book editor on the rebound from an emotionless seven-year marriage. Carly decides that a change of location will help her in the healing process, so she moves into a Read More

The Trial

Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards, Jr., Jean Stapleton, Polly Walker

Synopsis: Franz Kafka's classic tale of Josef K., a bank clerk who is placed on trial for an unnamed, unknowable crime, is given a faithful, if not overly literal, treatment in this drama. Knowing only that he has been charged, Josef naturally sets out to defend himself, but soon finds himself deeply mired Read More

Enchanted April

Actors: Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Alfred Molina, Polly Walker, Michael Kitchen

Synopsis: Previously filmed in 1935 with Ann Harding, Enchanted April, a romantic novel by Elizabeth, was remade in 1992. The first film skips along superficially at 66 minutes: the second, directed by the always intriguing Mike Newell, runs 101 minutes, allowing for richer characterizations and a Read More

Patriot Games

Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch

Synopsis: In Patriot Games, Harrison Ford plays former CIA agent Jack Ryan, taking over from Alec Baldwin, who had played author Tom Clancy's brainy protagonist in Hunt for Red October. This time around, Ryan foils an attempted assassination, thereby incurring the wrath of a maniacal Irish radical (Sean Bean Read More

Journey of Honor

Actors: Sho Kosugi, David Essex, Kane Kosugi, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Norman Lloyd

Synopsis: Sho Kosugi stars (as well as produced) this picturesque and exciting swashbuckler, directed by Gordon Hessler. Kosugi plays Mayeda, a 17th-century Japanese samurai whose clan, headed by Lord Ieyasu (Toshiro Mifune), is waging a bloody battle with a rival clan. The rival clan has the advantage of Read More

Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint

Synopsis: Painter, sculptor, and printmaker Jasper Johns made art out of the everyday. His absurd images of flags and typically mundane subjects led to his establishment as one of the most well-known of the Expressionists. This program documents the life and work of this avant garde creator. After the debut Read More

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

Actors: Ralph Fiennes

Synopsis: This informative look at T.E. Lawrence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, as he serves as the liaison to the Hashemite delegation in an effort to have the Allies agree to Arab independence. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Les Equilibristes

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Lilah Dadi, Polly Walker, Doris Kunstmann, Patrick Mille

Synopsis: The story of this film was allegedly based on a true story witnessed by the director Nico Papatakis during his filmmaking collaboration with the controversial and much-lionized monstre sacrée Jean Genet. In the story, Marcel Spadice (Michel Piccoli) is a famous writer with a criminal Read More

Ao Fim Da Noite

Lorna Doone

Actors: Sean Bean, Rachel Kempson, Polly Walker, Billie Whitelaw

Synopsis: This British version of Lorna Doone is one of the more rewarding film adaptations of the venerable R. D. Blackmore novel. The plot remains as ever: Lorna (Polly Walker), a feisty 17th century Scots lass, falls in love with a much-despised landowner (Sean Bean). Lorna's father, a notorious brigand Read More