Movies: John Shrapnel

  • 2007
    Once Upon a Time on the Westway

    Once Upon a Time on the Westway (2007)

    Once Upon a Time on the Westway

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    On the same day a notorious crime kingpin Jimmy Vincent is released from prison, there is a daring armored car diamond heist of diamonds using his m.o....

    Once Upon a Time on the Westway
  • 2015
    Hamlet

    Hamlet (2015)

    Hamlet

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    From its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake in the title role. This ground-breaking stage production, directed by Sarah...

    Hamlet
  • 2001
    Animals of the Ocean Desert

    Animals of the Ocean Desert (2001)

    Animals of the Ocean Desert

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    For two-thirds of the year, the Little Rann is a desert. Suddenly, in August, monsoon winds whip up the Arabian Sea and carry it 100 km inland. The desert and these mounds soon become islands and homes to high concentrations of rarely-seen, endangere...

    Animals of the Ocean Desert
  • 1993
    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler (1993)

    Selling Hitler

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    In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the sen...

    Selling Hitler
  • 1986
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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    Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer....

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
  • 2015
    Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

    Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)

    Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

    7.72015HD

    A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession....

    Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
  • 2022
    Hamlet Within

    Hamlet Within (2022)

    Hamlet Within

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    A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his unending influence on many diverse cultures....

    Hamlet Within
  • 1996
    Two Deaths

    Two Deaths (1996)

    Two Deaths

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    A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country....

    Two Deaths
  • 1969
    Hamlet

    Hamlet (1969)

    Hamlet

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    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge....

    Hamlet
  • 2009
    An Organization of Dreams

    An Organization of Dreams (2009)

    An Organization of Dreams

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    A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?...

    An Organization of Dreams
  • 2001
    The Gentleman Thief

    The Gentleman Thief (2001)

    The Gentleman Thief

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    An adventure of A J Raffles....

    The Gentleman Thief
  • 1980
    The Tom Machine

    The Tom Machine (1980)

    The Tom Machine

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    100 years in the future: Tom is both bored and worried in the humdrum, violent times. Also he is unable to remember what his job is and thus decides to leave. But everyone keeps telling him that is impossible ......

    The Tom Machine
  • 2003
    The Race for Everest

    The Race for Everest (2003)

    The Race for Everest

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    The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the r...

    The Race for Everest
  • 2014
    Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

    Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain (2014)

    Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

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    Moving Half The Mountain documents the true stories of the survivors from one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War the brutal use of prisoners (POWs) and forced local labour by the Japanese to build a railway linking Thailand to Burma. The...

    Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
  • 1990
    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

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    Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland....

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
  • 2004
    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (2004)

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

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    Greece, a land of breathtaking beauty and light. A land where science, art and inspiration from the gods combined to produce some of the world's greatest marvels of architecture and design. The ancient Greeks used buildings and structures to reflect ...

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
  • 2005
    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic (2005)

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

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    Join Georg Riha and his team in this ORF-UNIVERSUM production and discover one of the most beautiful stretches along the Danube.Featuring a great number of aerial shots, this documentary captures the cultural and natural beauty of the entire region, ...

    Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
  • 1999
    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

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    In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina...

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
  • 1977
    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages (1977)

    The Three Hostages

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    Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation...

    The Three Hostages
  • 2016
    The Return of the Flying Scotsman

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman (2016)

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman

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    Film following the Flying Scotsman, the world's most famous steam engine, as it returns to the tracks following a ten-year restoration which cost more than £4 million....

    The Return of the Flying Scotsman