Ronald Harwood — Playwright (24)
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Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
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Christopher Morahan actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Rita Tushingham …
other title: 迷人七艳贼 / 迷人七艷賊 …
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
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Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)
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肯·休斯 actor: 托尼·柯蒂斯 / 罗莎娜·斯基亚菲诺 …
other title: Cinq Femmes sur les bras / ¡Cáete muerta, cariño! …
Nick Johnson has wed several times, but all his rich wives were 'accidentally' killed after some time. Now he's married a young Italian widow, but she's not so easy to get rid of, especially when she learns of his plans and tries to turn the tables.
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Quartet
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Ronald Harwood genre: theater
other title: 四重唱 / Квартет troupe: 圣彼得堡大话剧院 theater: 圣彼得堡大话剧院 director: Nikolai Pinigin actor: 阿莉萨·弗赖恩德利希 Alisa Freundlich / 奥列格·巴希拉什维利 Oleg Basilashvili / 瓦列里·伊夫琴科 / 伊琳娜·索科洛娃
影片讲述三个退休的老歌剧演员的故事，他们住在一 个专门为退休歌剧演员提供的住所中。每年当意大利音乐家威尔第诞辰纪念日的时候，他们都会举办一场音乐会为他们的住所筹款。可是，一个叫Jean Horton的女人来了，她是三个老人中Reggie的前妻，也是当初他们四重唱组合中最知名的一位。她的到来让所有人大吃一惊，并且打乱了演唱计划，新仇旧恨累积爆发，故事也就越来越有趣了……
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The Dresser
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Ronald Harwood genre: theater
other title: 换装师 theater: Reece Shearsmith director: Sean Foley actor: Ken Stot / Reece Shearsmith
Both hilarious and poignant, The Dresser explores the relationship between two men who are reluctantly and inevitably co-dependent. As World War II rages, backstage in a provincial English theatre, an ageing, once-famous classical actor is troubled. Sir, the last in a dying breed of great English Shakespearean actors, is unwilling to take to the stage to deliver his renowned portrayal of King Lear. It falls to his faithful dresser Norman to rouse another great performance from him, to keep both the show and its star from falling apart.
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Operation Daybreak (1976)
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刘易斯·吉尔伯特 actor: 蒂姆斯·伯特姆斯 / 马丁·肖 …
other title: 拂晓攻击 / 刺杀海德里希 …
故事发生在1941年第二次世界大战期间，杰克遭到了德国纳粹的无情占领，为了夺回属于自己的领土，杰克自由联盟和伦敦当局联手，派出了卡尔（马丁·肖 Martin Shaw 饰）、约瑟夫（安东尼·安德鲁斯 Anthony Andrews 饰）和简（蒂姆斯·伯特姆斯 Timothy Bottoms 饰）三名年轻人返回被占领的杰克，去执行一个非常危险的任务——刺杀纳粹领袖海德里希（安东·迪夫伦 Anton Diffring 饰）。 卡尔和约瑟夫离开杰克已经很久了，他们的妻儿依然留在那人间地狱里生活。这一次，他们必须抛弃一切儿女私情，全心全意为了国家而战。幸运的是，刺杀计划非常顺利的进行着，可在最后的紧要关头，出现了叛徒。
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
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Caspar Wrede actor: 汤姆·康特奈 / Espen Skjønberg …
other title: 伊凡·杰尼索维奇的一天 / Один день Ивана Денисовича …
Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway
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The Browning Version (1994)
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迈克·菲吉斯 actor: 阿尔伯特·芬尼 / 格列塔·斯卡奇 …
other title: 布朗宁版本 / 白朗宁版本 …
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura tries to hurt him in any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and at least regain his own self-esteem.
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A Therapy (2012)
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★ 6.0 14 ratings
罗曼·波兰斯基 actor: 海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 / 本·金斯利
other title: 一次心理治疗
这是一间考究典雅、大气内敛的诊所，不苟言笑的心理医生（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）端坐书桌前奋笔疾书。这时门铃响起，医生不慌不忙起身打开房门。接下来一名穿着华贵的女人（海伦娜·邦汉·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）走进房间，她默不作声脱下自己的名贵皮草，挂在衣架上。随后脱下皮鞋，躺到长椅之上。仿佛闸口被打开一般，女人滔滔不绝讲述自上一次心理疏导之后的感受与想法。医生起先端坐旁边认真倾听病人的碎碎念，可是他的注意力很快被吸引到了另一边，终于他按捺不住站起身来…… 本片为导演应某品牌之邀拍摄的广告短片，并首邀参加2012年戛纳电影节。
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Taking Sides (2002)
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★ 7.9 15 ratings
伊斯特凡·萨博 actor: 哈威·凯特尔 / 斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 …
other title: 指挥家的抉择 / 富特文格勒的立场 …
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
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The Dresser (1983)
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彼得·叶茨 actor: 阿尔伯特·芬尼 / 汤姆·康特奈 …
other title: 换装师 / 近身 …
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
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Australia (2008)
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★ 6.9 134 ratings
巴兹·鲁赫曼 actor: 妮可·基德曼 / 休·杰克曼 …
other title: 澳洲乱世情 / 澳大利亚 …
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
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Being Julia (2004)
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★ 8.2 36 ratings
伊斯特凡·萨博 actor: 安妮特·贝宁 / 肖恩·埃文斯 …
other title: 成为朱莉娅 / 情迷祖莉亚 …
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.
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Quartet (2012)
Quartet
★ 7.6 125 ratings
达斯汀·霍夫曼 actor: 玛吉·史密斯 / 汤姆·康特奈 …
other title: 四重唱 / 黄金花四重唱(港) …
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
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Oliver Twist (2005)
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★ 7.5 144 ratings
罗曼·波兰斯基 actor: 巴内·克拉克 / 本·金斯利 …
other title: 올리버 트위스트 / オリバー・ツイスト …
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.