Brigitte Kahn
Biography: Brigitte Kahn is a German-born British actress, best remembered for her performances on television. She remains best known for her role as Dagmar in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Other TV credits include: Secret Army, The Sandbaggers, The Gentle Touch, The Professionals, C.A.T.S. Eyes, The Bill and The New Statesman. She also appeared in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back.
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At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
1980-01-01
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
Overview: A rich and challenging account of the experiences of a German Jewish musician who settled in Britain to escape Nazi persecution. Two of his friends are being sued by a former SS Kommandant, who denies their accusation that he was responsible for the genocide of 300 Belgians. Documentary interviews and archive footage merge with dramatised scenes to create a new way of representing history and memory.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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L’Elegance
1982-03-03
L’Elegance
Overview: 1982. A shop worker saves money all year for a holiday in France, using a magazine as guide to the mode of dress and manners of behaviour she thinks expected of a wealthy woman.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-03
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Wall of Silence
1993-10-17
Wall of Silence
Overview: A corpse is fished out of a north London canal with stab wounds through the eyes. The victim was a prominent member of the Hasidic Jewish community, and the cause of death one reserved by the Hasidim to punish "moysers" or informers.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-17
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The Empire Strikes Back
1980-05-20
The Empire Strikes Back
Overview: The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-20
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The Remains of the Day
1993-11-05
The Remains of the Day
Overview: A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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Wilderness
1996-01-01
Wilderness
Overview: In the light of the moon, seduction and pleasure are never what they seem. And neither is Alice White (Amanda Ooms), a beautiful and obsessed woman with a painfully sinister secret: once a month when the moon is full, she locks herself away and transforms into a she-wolf. When a passionate triangle ensues between a psychiatrist who can hardly believe her erotically charged tales and a man who may be her one shot at love, Alice flees to the wilderness where she is free to satiate her most personal and sometimes shocking desires. Originally a three part British TV Mini-series, later released as a single episode on DVD.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988-11-28
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Overview: In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
Genres: TV Movie Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-28
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Privates on Parade
1983-03-18
Privates on Parade
Overview: It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit. Flack is accompanied by an ageing, theatrical drama queen, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) who hopes to entertain the troops with his flamboyant impressions, but the bored troops find other ways to enjoy themselves.
Genres: Comedy Drama War Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-18
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Mosley
1998-02-12
Mosley
Overview: Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-12
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Birth of The Beatles
1979-11-23
Birth of The Beatles
Overview: The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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