Matyelok Gibbs
Biography: Ann Matyelok Gibbs was a British actor and artistic director of London's Unicorn Theatre. She was the civil partnership of former actor and childrens author Ursula Jones, whom she lived with from 1961 until her death in 2023 at the age of 91.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 01, 1932
Deathday: August 14, 2023
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Babel
2006-10-26
Babel
Overview: In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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Copying Beethoven
2006-09-10
Copying Beethoven
Overview: A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-10
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The Passion
1999-05-01
The Passion
Overview: During a rural representation of The Passion of Christ, a young actor and a married costume designer start a romance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-01
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010-11-17
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Overview: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-17
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Miss Potter
2006-12-03
Miss Potter
Overview: Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-03
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Your Highness
2011-04-08
Your Highness
Overview: A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-08
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Shoot the Revolution
1990-12-16
Shoot the Revolution
Overview: During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor Barbu, a member of the Securitate. His brother Octavian was the girl's teacher who "filled her head with the ideas of truth". The question isn't how did she die, but why?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-16
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Victor/Victoria
1982-04-25
Victor/Victoria
Overview: A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-25
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Just Visiting
2001-04-06
Just Visiting
Overview: A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-06
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Superstition
2001-10-13
Superstition
Overview: 19 year old babysitter aupair Julie is accused of murder when the bed of the sheltered baby inflames. Is seems as if Julie possesses rare telepathic skills, that she cannot control. Her young lawyer fights for her in court and against the public opinion in Italy, who take her for a witch.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-13
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Erik the Viking
1989-09-01
Erik the Viking
Overview: Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987-07-15
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Overview: Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-15
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The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014-08-06
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Overview: A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-06
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A Masculine Ending
1992-04-12
A Masculine Ending
Overview: While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-12
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To Kill a Priest
1988-09-07
To Kill a Priest
Overview: A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-07
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Priest
1995-03-24
Priest
Overview: Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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Crimetime
1996-08-01
Crimetime
Overview: The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-01
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When Pigs Fly
1993-09-12
When Pigs Fly
Overview: The ghosts of a middle-aged woman and a precocious little girl help an unwed jazz musician and a bar dancer reverse their bad fortune.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-12
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EverAfter
1998-07-31
EverAfter
Overview: Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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A Room with a View
1986-03-07
A Room with a View
Overview: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-07
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A Is for Acid
2002-09-09
A Is for Acid
Overview: Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-09
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The Bad Sister
1983-02-05
The Bad Sister
Overview: Jane is the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish landowner. She is disowned and expelled from his estates, but although she settles down to a new life in London, she is still haunted by the memory of her childhood and her mother's mysterious death. In a trance, she sets out on dreamlike journeys in search of freedom and revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-05
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Oscar and Lucinda
1997-12-31
Oscar and Lucinda
Overview: After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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Kafka
1991-11-15
Kafka
Overview: Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-15
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011-09-16
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Overview: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-16
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Secrets
1983-05-12
Secrets
Overview: An enjoyable story of a 13-year-old girl, Louise, who lives alone with her widowed mother. Louise is sent off to a boarding school, but not before she discovers some secret documents kept hidden by her father. A curious look reveals that her father was a member of the secret order of Freemasons. When she finally gets to school, she tries to explain to her friends what the Freemasons are. Later, Louise's mother discovers a box of condoms in her daughter's room and wrongly presumes that the girl is sexually active.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-12
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The Workshop
1982-02-19
The Workshop
Overview: It is 1945 - just a year since the allied troops entered Paris - and Simone arrives for her first day of work at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-19
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Fragile
2005-10-14
Fragile
Overview: Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that prowls the floors and will not allow anyone to leave. Amy tries to protect them and convince the other staffers of the evil that lurks there.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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