Peter Ustinov

All Movies of Peter Ustinov

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  6.5
  Salem Witch Trials (TV)
  The drama is set within a backdrop of a strict religious community struggling to survive the rugged conditions in their New World colony. While contending with various health, safety, comfort and financial hardships, they are sudd...
   2002

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  6.5
  Victoria & Albert (TV)
  The first episode covers Victoria's growth from bullied princess to ruling queen, and includes her romance and marriage with Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The second episode depicts Victoria's life from her first pregnancy to Alber...
   2001

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  8.2
  Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
  Narrated by Tom Cruise, "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" goes through each one of his movies and talks to various participants about their memories of working with Kubrick. For those who know very little about Kubrick, the do...
  Character: Himself (as Sir Peter Ustinov)

   2001

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  6.0
  Alice In Wonderland (TV)
  A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and G
  Character: Walrus

   1999

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  5.4
  The Bachelor
  Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to prop...
  Character: Grandad

   1999

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  Stiff Upper Lips
  This irresistibly sexy comedy tells the outrageous story of a beautiful girl and her unlikely romantic awakening! Pretty young Emily has just reached the ripe old marrying age of 22, and her obnoxious family has already matched he...
   1997

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  8.2
  Lorenzo's Oil
  Based on the real-life case of the Odones family, the story concerns 5-year-old Lorenzo, suffering mightily from an apparently incurable and degenerative brain illness called A.L.D. His parents, an economist (Nick Nolte) and a lin...
   1992

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  Around the World in 80 Days (TV Miniseries)
  TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days. After betting his entire fortune, he takes his new butler (a man hoping for a quite life) on a tour of ...
   1989

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  7.7
  The French Revolution
  A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when ...
  Character: André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

   1989

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  6.0
  Appointment with Death
  Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband which would have freed the childern from her dominatin...
  Character: Hercule Poirot

   1988

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  6.5
  Evil Under the Sun
  Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discove...
  Character: Hercule Poirot

   1982

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  6.9
  The Great Muppet Caper
  Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel th...
  Character: Truck Driver

   1981

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  4.4
  Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
  Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon ...
  Character: Charlie Chan

   1980

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  6.7
  Death on the Nile
  A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favorite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murder...
   1978

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  7.0
  The Purple Taxi
  Novelist Philippe (Philippe Noiret) is a French novelist recently relocated to Ireland, where makes friends with Jerry (Edward Albert), an American expatriate who left his home after the death of his girlfriend. Philippe and Jerry...
   1977

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  5.0
  Double Murder
  A police commissioner and a political activist join to investigate the suspicious death of a playboy prince.
   1977

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  8.1
  Jesus of Nazareth (TV)
  Originally made for TV in 1977, this in-depth (six hours plus) version of Jesus' life is so thorough that the first hour is devoted solely to the story of his birth. The film doesn't skimp on some of the other landmark events of t...
  Character:  Herod the Great 4 episodes, 1977

   1977

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  6.1
  Logan's Run
  Set in the year 2274, when ecological disaster has driven civilization to the protection of domed cities, the story revolves around a society that holds a ceremonial death ritual for all citizens who reach the age of 30. In a dise...
  Character: Old Man

   1976

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  6.2
  Hammersmith Is Out
  Odd comedy update of the Faust legend. Mental patient Sir Richard (aka "Hammersmith") promises orderly Bridges untold wealth if only he release him from a padded cell. Liz ends up along for the ride. One of the weirdest ...
  Character: Doctor | Movie director

   1972

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  A Storm in Summer (TV)
  The filme is about an encounter between two bitter and lonely people: an elderly Jew (Peter Ustinov) and a 10-year-old black from Harlem.
   1970

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  6.5
  Hot Millions
  A con man becomes an expert in computers so he can embezzle money out of a large corporation and escape to Rio with his girlfriend.
  Character: Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

   1968

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  6.1
  The Comedians
  Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, The Comedians tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel...
  Character: Ambassador Manuel Pineda

   1967

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  Barefoot in Athens (TV)
  The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
   1966

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  6.0
  John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
  The Crown Prince of Fawzia gets dropped from the football team at Notre Dame; and his father, King Fawz (Peter Ustinov), demands that the US ambassador get Notre Dame to play an exhibition game in Fawzia. Meanwhile, a daring inves...
   1965

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  5.2
  Lady L
  Lady L (Sophia Loren) is an 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous adventures in flashback in this light sex comedy. While working as a laundress, Lady L falls for the gambler and anarchist Armand (Paul Newman), who gets mixed ...
  Character: Prince Otto of Bavaria | Movie director

   1965

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  6.8
  Topkapi
  A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence, suspecting arms smuggling, gets involved, and under pressur...
  Character: Arthur Simon Simpson

   1964

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  7.0
  La donna nel mondo
  Character: Narrator (voice)

   1963

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  7.3
  Billy Budd
  H.M.S. Avenger is headed into battle against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and the dark shadow of two recent mutinies in the English fleet concern Captain Vere. He relies on his cruel and often sadistic Master-at-Ar...
  Character: Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy | Movie director

   1962

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  Romanoff and Juliet
  Yes it's the Romeo & Juliet story updated to during the cold war and moved to a mittel european country ruled by writer/director/star Peter Ustinov. The General arranges for the children of the US and Russian ambassadors to fa...
  | Movie director

   1961

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  8.5
  Spartacus
  Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as...
  Character: Batiatus

   1960

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  7.6
  The Sundowners
  In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, th...
  Character: Rupert Venneker

   1960

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  Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn
   1957

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  7.1
  We're No Angels
  Character: Jules

   1955

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  7.9
  Lola Montes
  The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès (1821-1861), a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction of a circus after being the lover of various important European men.
  Character: Circus Master

   1955

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  6.8
  The Egyptian
  In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger ...
  Character: Kaptah

   1954

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  6.2
  Beau Brummell
  Captain George Brummell is an upper-class dandy. He has to leave the army after having insulted the crown prince...
  Character: Prince of Wales

   1954

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  7.0
  The Magic Box
  Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic ...
  Character: Industry Man

   1951

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  6.0
  Hotel Sahara
  Character: Emad

   1951

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  7.0
  Quo Vadis
  Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughte...
  Character: Nero

   1951

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  6.0
  Odette
  This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she r...
   1950

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  The Way Ahead
  A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in N. Africa t...
   1944

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  6.5
  One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
  During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death...
   1942