Movies: John Shrapnel
- 2007
Once Upon a Time on the Westway (2007)
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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....
- 2015
Hamlet (2015)
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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...
- 2001
Animals of the Ocean Desert (2001)
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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...
- 1993
Selling Hitler (1993)
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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...
- 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
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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....
- 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
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A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession....
- 2022
Hamlet Within (2022)
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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....
- 1996
Two Deaths (1996)
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A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country....
- 1969
Hamlet (1969)
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge....
- 2009
An Organization of Dreams (2009)
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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?...
- 2001
The Gentleman Thief (2001)
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An adventure of A J Raffles....
- 1980
The Tom Machine (1980)
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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 ......
- 2003
The Race for Everest (2003)
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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...
- 2014
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain (2014)
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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...
- 1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)
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Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland....
- 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (2004)
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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 ...
- 2005
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic (2005)
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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, ...
- 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)
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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...
- 1977
The Three Hostages (1977)
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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...
- 2016
The Return of the Flying Scotsman (2016)
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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....