Vanessa Redgrave — Actor (95)

Movie

The Palestinian (1978)
The Palestinian WikiData IMDb TMDB
A powerful Palestinian documentary starring Vanessa Redgrave about the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) and its role in Lebanon, as well as the daily struggles and resistance of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. Filmed right after the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, the film highlights the Palestinian fight for identity, dignity, and homeland.

Movie

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular IMDb TMDB
Classical music superstar Katherine Jenkins OBE returns to the iconic Royal Albert Hall, her all-time favourite venue, crafting a unique and unforgettable Christmas musical to play in cinemas worldwide from 1 December. Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular sees the Welsh sensation perform seasonal favourites and carols with full nostalgic Hollywood musical glamour and wonder. The production was given unprecedented and exclusive access to the historic venue which also marked the 50th time that Katherine has performed there. Katherine and friends, including beloved actors Vanessa Redgrave and Bill Nighy, Operatic icon Sir Bryn Terfyl, Italian Tenor Alberto Urso, American Broadway star Marisha Wallace, English National Ballet Lead Principal Erina Takahashi, the Royal Air Force Regiment Band and many more will bring joy and festive celebrations to audiences around the world this Christmas.

Movie

Consuming Passions (1988)
Consuming Passions WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: Pasión devoradora / 消費激情 …
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.

Movie

Thank You, Doctor Rey (2003)
Merci Docteur Rey WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: マルタ…、マルタ / Merci Docteur Rey …
A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his murder. The next day the young man's opera diva mother informs him that his estranged father has been in Paris... until the previous night when he was murdered. Seeking help with a psychiatrist, the young man comes across an eccentric actress who has come totally unhinged by the death of that psychiatrist, the infamous Docteur Rey. At first mistaking her for the doctor, the young man embarks on a madcap mystery, reminiscent of an Agatha Christie novel, with Paris as the backdrop.

Movie

The Estate (2025)
The Estate IMDb Douban
other title: 祖荫
The story of the Wellsleys, an aristocratic family unable to save their ancestral estate because of debts. As they struggle to find a solution, a series of disturbing apparitions begin to haunt them, forcing the Wellsleys to confront the deep injustices they and other landowners, past and present, have wrought.

Movie

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam IMDb Douban
other title: 继承者:奥马尔传奇 / The Keeper - Die Legende von Omar
Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in his family from one generation to another, and now it is his responsibility to keep the story alive for future generations. The film takes us from the modern day to the epic past where the relationship between Omar Khayyam, Hassan Sabbah (the original creator of the sect of Assassins) and their mutual love for a beautiful woman separate them from their eternal bond of friendship. Filmed almost entirely on location in Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Movie

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh Douban
other title: 罗莎琳德·雷最后的遗嘱
The story of Leon, an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, Leon comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.

Movie

Merchant Ivory (2023)
Merchant Ivory IMDb TMDB
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.

Performance

The Inheritance 2018 Young Vic / Noël Coward Theatre版
part of Performance: The Inheritance Douban
language: 英语 english theater: Young Vic / Noël Coward Theatre director: Stephen Daldry
other title: 2018 Young Vic / Noël Coward Theatre版 playwright: Matthew Lopez actor: Kyle Soller / Andrew Burnap …
Inspired by E. M. Forster's novel Howards End, and set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to be a gay man today, exploring relationships and connections across age and social class and asking what one generation's responsibilities may be to the next.

Movie

Steaming (1985)
Steaming WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 蒸浴 / 蒸 …
Final film directed by Joseph Losey, based upon a play by Nell Dunn. The story centers around a group of women from differnet backgrounds who meet regularly in a steam room where everyday issues and personal traumas are revealed and shared.