Philip Saville

All Movies of Philip Saville

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  The Gospel of John
  The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer. The Gospel of John was written two generations after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is set in a time when the Roman Empire controlled Jeru...
  Director of the film

   2003

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  Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (TV)
  A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout...
  Director of the film

   2003

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  5.9
  Metroland
  Metroland, based on Julian Barnes's first novel, is a tale of midlife, middle-class malaise reminiscent of Ang Lee's The Ice Storm. It's 1977, and shaggy-haired thirtysomething Chris (Christian Bale) has a lovely wife (Emily Watso...
  Director of the film

   1997

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  Family Pictures (TV)
  Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she reflects on how the pictures illustrate the nature of families.
  Director of the film

   1993

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  The Fruit Machine
  The 16 years old gay Eddie runs away from home, where he's constantly harassed by his father. With his friend Michael he witnesses at the gay disco "Fruit Machine" how it's owner is slayed by killer Echo. They run away, ...
  Director of the film

   1988

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  Mandela (TV)
  The real life struggle of South Africa's courageous human rights activist, Nelson Mandela, is traced from his co-founding of the African National Congress which organized South African blacks against apartheid, to his unjust trial...
  Director of the film

   1987

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  The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (TV Miniseries)
  A highly unattractive woman who goes to great lengths to take revenge on her husband and his attractive lover.
  Director of the film

   1986

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  Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Miniseries)
  TV Series. 5 episodes. Five unemployed men would do anything just to have a job in Thatchers era Britain.
  Director of the film

   1982

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  Count Dracula (TV)
  For those familiar with Bram Stoker's novel, this adaptation follows the book quite closely in most respects. Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. Harker becomes Dracul...
  Director of the film

   1977

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  Shades of Greene (TV Series)
  TV Series (1975). 18 episiodes
  Director of the film

   1975

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  BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)
  TV Series (1973-1983). 106 episodes
  Director of the film

   1973

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  Play for Today (TV Series)
  TV Series (1970-1984). 14 Seasons. Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series. It was produced by the BBC and it was transmitted on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984. During this period, more than 300 different program...
  Director of the film

   1970

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  7.0
  Oedipus the King
  This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
  Director of the film

   1968

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  Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
  The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the...
  Director of the film

   1966

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  Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
  "Armchair Theatre" is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Televisio
  Director of the film

   1956

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  Contraband Spain
   1955