John Gielgud

In Peter Greenaway's creative retelling of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero (John Gielgud), a former Duke of Milan, has been exiled to an island far from Europe. By studying the 24 books he was allowed to take with him, he has transformed the island into a civilized kingdom. But Prospero also has magic powers with which he hopes to wreak revenge on the enemies who banished him.

This Agatha Christie lighthearted whodunit follows Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent, a young aristocrat who insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret society.

In 1815, a soldier becomes the Governor of St. Helena, and jailer of Napoleon.

This celebration of silent Shakespeare interweaves a delightful selection of thrilling, iconic and humorous scenes from 24 newly digitised films.

Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent unravel a mystery.

The master of suspense directs top actors in the gripping spy tale about a "dead man” on a secret mission in Switzerland with his assassin assistant.

The true story of a Vatican official depicts his bravery, as he defies a Nazi colonel by hiding downed WW2 pilots and escaped POWs in occupied Rome.

During the era of the Roman empire, Brutus and Cassius lead a conspiracy to kill Caesar, only to fall to Mark Antony.

The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career, Chimes at Midnight was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff.

The contrasts between Victorian England’s aristocracy and lower classes play out in a very bad plan to attack a Russian naval base in the Crimean War.

When Julius Caesar's growing ambition begins to worry his friend Brutus, Brutus is easily persuaded to participate in a plot to assassinate Caesar.

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

A woman who becomes a titled Lady after stealing her sister’s fiancé turns to highway robbery after she falls for a bandit she can’t ever truly have.

A seafaring 18th-century Englishman returns home with extraordinary tales of fantastic lands, and must prove his sanity to rescue his wife and son.

Gandhi returns to India, launching nationwide nonviolent resistance to British oppression, fighting for freedom.

Acclaimed British actor Sir John Gielgud stars as a cantankerous ghost who s looking for some peace and quiet in this heartwarming story of supernatural shenanigans.

When his son dies mysteriously while working for British intelligence, a man's inquiries thrust him into a dangerous rat’s nest of government deceit.

A South African gold mine manager attempts to thwart a plot hatched by its owners and London bankers to flood the mine and manipulate stock prices.

While investigating the murder of a friend, a cop discovers a secret plot related to a formula to make gasoline without using oil.

Someone is hunting tourists out of season in this romantic adventure thriller directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, The Boys From Brazil) and starring Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, and John Gielgud. A beautiful, dedicated Egyptologist finds her life threatened many times while traveling from Cairo to Luxor's Valley of the Kings in search of a mysterious to...