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Il était une fois Jésus
6
La vie du Christ adaptée pour l'animation avec les procédés techniques les plus élaborés. À Moscou, une équipe de 250 personnes a filmé des figurines en 3D. Les prises de vues ont dure 2 ans, réalisées simultanément sur 6 plateaux différents. Un historien et théologien ont servi de guide aux réalisateurs et scénariste qui ont parcouru Israël pour mieux saisir la vie quotidienne au premier siècle de notre ère et en restituer l'atmosphère.
Animation
Dieu et mon droit
6.4

Dieu et mon droit

Sep 13, 1972
Un membre de la chambre des Lords meurt de façon stupide et choquante. Son fils doit hériter mais il est fou - il pense être Jésus. Les membres de sa famille soi-disant respectables complotent afin de lui voler les biens hérités...
Comedy
The Stone Tape
5.9

The Stone Tape

Dec 25, 1972
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...
Horror
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
6.081
Un clan britannique riche et sans père kidnappe des clochards et des hippies et les force à participer à un jeu de rôle élaboré dans lequel ils sont la famille parfaite ; ceux qui refusent ou tentent de s'échapper sont tués rituellement.
Comedy
Nicolas et Alexandra
6.9

Nicolas et Alexandra

Nov 29, 1971
Biographie du dernier monarque russe, le tsar Nicolas II et sa tsarine, Alexandra.Czar Nicolas II, le monarque inepte de la Russie, insensible aux besoins de son peuple, est renversé et exilé en Sibérie avec sa famille.
Drama
Mille Miglia
1

Mille Miglia

Aug 05, 1968
In 1955 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the Mille Miglia, one of the toughest races in the calendar.This play is about the two men, and the qualities and preparation that went into that victory.
TV Movie
The Mind Benders
6.375

The Mind Benders

Feb 01, 1963
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
Thriller
Hamlet
7.341

Hamlet

Dec 25, 1996
Sur les remparts d’Elseneur, Hamlet, jeune prince du Danemark, voit apparaître le spectre de son père. Celui‐ci lui apprend qu’il a été assassiné par son frère Claudius, l’oncle d’Hamlet, en accord avec la reine. Le coupable lui a ravi à la fois épouse, couronne et vie. Hamlet simule la folie pour préparer sa vengeance et délaisse sa fiancée Ophélie, qui devient folle et se noie
Drama
M15 demande protection
6.3
L'agent Charles Dodds enquête sur Samuel Fennan, soupçonné de sympathie envers le régime communiste. Après un interrogatoire où Fennan dément toute implication envers le communisme, il est retrouvé mort. L'agent Dodds va devoir prouver qu'il s'agit d'un meurtre…
Thriller
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
6.364
The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an abbey library. While studying a stained glass window, they uncover clues leading to a treasure hidden by a disgraced abbot.
Mystery
Uranium Boom
6

Uranium Boom

Mar 02, 1956
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town, where he meets and marries Jean Williams (Patricia Medina.) Returning to the claim, Brad learns that Jean was once Grady's fiancee. Grady, as one would expect, is somewhat put out and leaves the mine in Brad's hands, while he hooks up with a confidence man and engineers a scheme to break the back of Brad's somewhat rapidly-created mining empire.
Adventure
King Lear
8

King Lear

Mar 21, 1998
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Drama
Sakharov
7

Sakharov

Jun 20, 1984
La biographie du physicien et dissident russe Andrei Sakharov se concentre sur ses premiers actes dans son mouvement pour les droits civiques jusqu'à ce qu'il reçoive le prix Nobel de la paix. Les actions de Sakharov lui ont d'abord fait perdre un poste important au sein du parti, puis la moitié de son salaire, pour finalement être complètement licencié et exilé à Gorky, une ville industrielle. Lorsque le prix Nobel lui est décerné, il se voit refuser le voyage pour le recevoir. Sa femme a pu s'y rendre. Sakharov a entamé une longue grève de la faim pour protester contre la façon dont son pays traite sa population.
Drama
Anna Lee: Headcase
6

Anna Lee: Headcase

Jan 10, 1993
A bright, pretty and determined young lady named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl.
Crime
The Deep
1

The Deep

Jul 08, 2007
De 1967 à 1969, Welles tourna l'adaptation d'un récit de Charles Williams à ses propres frais sur les côtes dalmates qui sera finalement joué sur deux voiliers et porté par seulement cinq personnes.
Thriller
Le Jardin des tortures
6.1
Le Jardin des tortures, une attraction foraine à laquelle nous convie, non pas le Dr Terror du Train des épouvantes (1967), mais le bien nommé Dr Diabolo, incarné par Burgess Meredith. Après la représentation macabre, ce dernier invite 5 personnes à le suivre dans ce Jardin des tortures où il les confrontera à Atropos, déesse du destin incarnée dans un mannequin figurant une vieille gitane, filant et coupant le fil de nos existences. Comme c'était le cas dans Le Train des épouvantes où Peter Cushing tirait les cartes aux protagonistes qui partageaient son wagon, quatre des invités particuliers du Dr Diabolo se confronteront à une vision de leur futur. Quatre personnages, 2 hommes, 2 femmes - la parité est respectée - quatre sketchs signés Robert Bloch.
Horror
The Explorer
1

The Explorer

Oct 14, 1968
Drama about the emotional problems left behind by a young explorer murdered in the Matto Grosso jungle in South America. (Shotlist)Work historyTV play. Second part of writer Kenneth Jupp's "Chelsea Trilogy"; see also The PHOTOGRAPHER (tx 29/1/1968) and The TYCOON (tx 30/12/1968).
Gandhi
7.6

Gandhi

Dec 01, 1982
Reconstitution historique à grand spectacle de la vie de celui que l'on surnomma le "mahatma". La carrière de Gandhi comme avocat débute en Afrique du Sud où il défend les droits de la minorité indienne, ce qui a un grand retentissement dans son pays. Plus tard, dans ses luttes contre les Anglais, il prônera toujours la non-violence et usera essentiellement de l'arme de la grève de la faim.
Drama
The Switch
1

The Switch

Jun 08, 1971
South Vietnam. Working as the head of voluntary relief team Henry Martin objects to the use of torture on prisoners. Martin's principles are tested when his young son is kidnapped and a prisoner may have information on his whereabouts.
Is It Something I Said?
1
A businessman having a nervous breakdown checks in for one last night at a shabby hotel where he composes a suicide note. The hotel owner intervenes and the two men debate and argue the matter.
The Professional
1

The Professional

Mar 03, 1973
An insignificant little middle-aged man strikes a heinous bargain with an underworld expert. The man has a problem: his wife. A professional killer would seem to be the answer.
The Greeks and Their Gifts
1
A man makes an unexpected appearance at his younger brother's house in the middle of the night. He needs somewhere to stay and convinces his brother and his wife that he is trouble. Or is he?
Easier in the Dark
1

Easier in the Dark

Feb 25, 1967
Two people start to live together and raise children and a double pattern is set. You're a couple and one day you realise who or what you were before. But Frances must find herself again and runs to where the ships sail.
Drama
Le Passager
5.4

Le Passager

Aug 08, 1974
L'Américain Neil Bowman parcourt la France lorsqu'il rencontre la photographe britannique Lila. Ils sont engagés par le propriétaire foncier français Duc de Croyter pour escorter un scientifique hongrois à New York. Mais ils se rendent vite compte que le travail n'est pas un chiffre pépère, et doivent faire face à une bande de ravisseurs qui ne reculeront devant rien pour mettre la main sur le scientifique.
Thriller
My Homeland
1

My Homeland

Nov 03, 1976
Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from his homeland after the brutal crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising by the Russians and he was never able to return. He portrays his country through the writings of Hungary's national poets and illustrates the film with images of the Revolution and of the society it would become in the years immediately following 1956. The film was transmitted on the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the uprising.
Documentary
The Duchess of Malfi
1

The Duchess of Malfi

Oct 10, 1972
The Duchess of Malfi is recently widowed and her greedy brothers are determined she will not marry again, so they employ Daniel De Bosola, a murderer in their pay to spy on her.
TV Movie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
6.7

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Nov 05, 1969
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
Drama
Passage Home
5.6

Passage Home

Mar 17, 1955
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Drama
The Three Sisters
6

The Three Sisters

Jan 18, 1970
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.
Drama
The Merry Wives of Windsor
8
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.
Comedy
Life for Ruth
6.5

Life for Ruth

Sep 06, 1962
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Drama
Atlantique, latitude 41°
7.6
Le 10 avril 1912, le nouveau transatlantique britannique Titanic, luxueux paquebot de 269 mètres de long, quitte Southampton pour une traversée inaugurale à destination de New York, emportant à son bord quelque deux mille deux cent huit passagers. Le 14 avril, vers 23 h 40, le vapeur file dans l'Atlantique alors que la fête bat son plein à tous les niveaux des classes sociales, quand la vigie signale un iceberg droit devant. Malgré le changement de cap immédiat, l'énorme masse de glace éventre la coque sur une longueur de 100 mètres. Après avoir rapidement évalué les dégâts, les ingénieurs rendent leur verdict sans appel : le Titanic est condamné à couler dans les délais les plus courts... L'équipage fait alors mettre à l'eau les canots de sauvetage, tout en étant conscient que tout le monde ne pourra y prendre place. Au loin, l'équipage du Californian assiste au naufrage sans saisir la gravité de la situation.
Drama
The Curse Of Denton Rose
1
A computer analyst suddenly finds himself the focus of Hollywood elites after creating a character that goes viral online in the early days of internet video. After reaching the top he finds himself where he started and contemplates the meaning of success and the value of his own art. Securing a top Hollywood agent, promise of starring in a DreamWorks Film and his own TV show a true story.
Heading Home
5.5

Heading Home

Jan 13, 1991
The story of a woman who falls in love with two very different men in post World War II London.
Romance
Colditz
7.3

Colditz

Apr 01, 1974
Colditz est une série télévisée américano-britannique en 28 épisodes de 50 minutes. Cette série met en scène la vie quotidienne des prisonniers de guerre incarcérés au Château de Colditz durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Drama
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Nov 27, 2011
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Drama
Talking to a Stranger
8.5

Talking to a Stranger

Oct 23, 1966
A grown-up brother and sister's visit to their parents home culminates in a shocking tragedy. The events of the weekend are told over four episodes, each focusing on the point of view of one family member: the daughter Terry; the father, Ted; the son, Alan and finally the mother, Sarah. The full story of the dysfunctional family plays out through the use of repeating scenes, flashback, and monologue.
Drama
The Millionaire
5

The Millionaire

Jun 07, 1960
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
Drama
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.556
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Drama
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
Western
Fall of Eagles
6.8

Fall of Eagles

Jun 19, 1974
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
Drama
The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2
La BBC Television Shakespeare est une série d'adaptations télévisées britanniques des pièces de théâtre de William Shakespeare. Elle a été créée par Cedric Messina et produite par la BBC Television. Elle a été diffusée au Royaume-Uni du 3 décembre 1978 au 27 avril 1985 et s'est étendue sur sept saisons. Le développement de la série a commencé en 1975 lorsque Messina a remarqué que le château de Glamis serait un lieu parfait pour une adaptation de la pièce de Shakespeare "Comme il vous plaira". De retour à Londres, il a imaginé une série entière consacrée exclusivement aux œuvres dramatiques de Shakespeare. Après avoir rencontré de nombreux problèmes pour produire la série, Messina a finalement présenté l'idée aux responsables de la BBC et la série a été approuvée. Dans l'ensemble, la série a reçu des critiques généralement négatives de la part des critiques.
Drama
Buffalo Bill, Jr.
5

Buffalo Bill, Jr.

Sep 21, 1956
Buffalo Bill, Jr. is an American Western television series starring Dickie Jones that aired in syndication from March 1, 1955, until September 21, 1956.
Western
ITV Play of the Week
4

ITV Play of the Week

Sep 18, 1967
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.
Telephone Time
6.3

Telephone Time

Apr 01, 1958
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
Drama
Harbor Command
4

Harbor Command

Jul 04, 1958
Harbor Command is an American action series that aired in syndicated from October 11, 1957, to July 4, 1958. The series stars Wendell Corey as Captain Ralph Baxter, an officer of the United States Coast Guard. The series was produced by Ziv Television Programs.
Drama
BBC Play of the Month
5

BBC Play of the Month

Sep 12, 1983
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
Drama
Late Call
1

Late Call

Mar 22, 1975
Elderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his children in Carshall New Town.
Drama
The Big M
6

The Big M

Oct 03, 1967
A private detective investigates a protection racket and becomes involved in a murder case.
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.
Documentary
Reilly: Ace of Spies
7

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Nov 16, 1983
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
Crime
A Ghost Story for Christmas
7.4
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
Drama