Cast: Derek Jacobi

Direction Herbert Wise

Cast Derek Jacobi · Sian Phillips · John Hurt · George Baker

Synopsis This 13-episode miniseries was adapted from the book by Robert Graves, which chronicles the tumultuous life and times of Claudius (Derek Jacobi), who despite a deformed leg and a speech impediment through prophecy becomes the Roman Emperor. An aging Claudius...

Direction Ken Burns

Cast David McCullough · Shelby Foote · Sam Waterston · Jason Robards

Synopsis This highly acclaimed mini series traces the course of the U.S. Civil War from the abolitionist movement through all the major battles to the death of President Lincoln and the beginnings of Reconstruction. The story is mostly told in the...

Direction Nicky Bolster · Kasia Uscinska · Joshua Whitehead · Katie Boxer

Cast Derek Jacobi · James Holland · Sönke Neitzel · Saul David

Synopsis A series of colorized archive footage of important events during World War II.

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Russell Crowe · Joaquin Phoenix · Connie Nielsen · Oliver Reed

Synopsis Maximus (Crowe) is a brave and loyal military general to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Harris). His loyalty does not go unnoticed as the Emperor makes preparations for Maximus to succeed him after his death. But when the Emperor's son, Commodus...

Direction Peter Morgan · Stephen Daldry · Philip Martin · Julian Jarrold

Cast Claire Foy · Matt Smith · John Lithgow · Olivia Colman

Synopsis TV Series (2016-Present Day). 4 Seasons. 40 Episodes. “The Crown” tells the story of two of the most famous addresses in the world — Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street — and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the...

Direction Sally Wainwright · Samuel Donovan · Euros Lyn

Cast Anne Reid · Sarah Lancashire · Derek Jacobi · Nicola Walker

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Edward Fox · Michael Lonsdale · Derek Jacobi · Alan Badel

Synopsis Year 1963. President De Gaulle decides to grant independence to French Algeria, several of the soldiers, who fought in that campaign, feel that De Gaulle is belittling the lives of the men who died there. So they form a group...

Direction Tom Hooper

Cast Colin Firth · Helena Bonham Carter · Geoffrey Rush · Michael Gambon

Synopsis This is the story of King George VI. When his older brother abdicates the throne, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI (Colin Firth) reluctantly dons the crown. Though his stutter soon raises concerns about his leadership skills, King George VI eventually...

Direction Kenneth Branagh

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Derek Jacobi · Kate Winslet · Julie Christie

Synopsis When Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) returns from his studies to find his father dead, and his mother married to his uncle, he grows suspicious. After being visited by his dead father as a ghost, his suspicions are confirmed and Hamlet falls...

Direction Al Pacino

Cast Al Pacino · Alec Baldwin · Kevin Spacey · Winona Ryder

Synopsis A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and...

Direction Kenneth Branagh

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Emma Thompson · Paul Scofield · Derek Jacobi

Synopsis The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

Direction Mark Ravenhill · Ed Bye

Cast Derek Jacobi · Ian McKellen · Iwan Rheon · Frances de la Tour

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2016). 2 Seasons. 14 Episodes. Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is sure to cause...

Direction Stuart Burge

Cast Laurence Olivier · Frank Finlay · Maggie Smith · Joyce Redman

Synopsis Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. But Othello's old lieutenant, Iago, doesn't like Othello, and is determined to bring about the downfall of Othello's new favorite, Cassio, and destroy Othello in the...

Direction Ronald Neame

Cast Jon Voight · Maximilian Schell · Maria Schell · Mary Tamm

Synopsis After reading the diary of an eldery Jewish man who commited suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved...

Direction Andy Wilson

Cast James Purefoy · Judy Davis · Derek Jacobi · Joanne Kelly

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2009). Rough is a Canadian (Sienna Films), South African (Philo Pieterse – Love Reigns (Pty) Ltd), British (Alchemy Television Productions) co-production. The series is executive produced by award-winning Canadian producing partners, Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny, and Carrie...

Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise

Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins

Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...

Direction Neil Gaiman · Douglas Mackinnon

Cast Michael Sheen · David Tennant · Adria Arjona · Jack Whitehall

Synopsis TV Mini-series (2019). 6 Episodes. With Armageddon just days away, the armies of Heaven and Hell are amassing and The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, agree to join forces to find the...

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Kelly MacDonald · Emily Watson · Maggie Smith · Alan Bates

Synopsis GOSFORD PARK explores the English class system and master-servant relations via his preferred modus operandi of multiple characters and intertwining storylines. In November 1932, a phalanx of moneyed guests arrives for a weekend shooting party at the estate of Sir...

Direction Christine Edzard

Cast Derek Jacobi · Joan Greenwood · Max Wall · Patricia Hayes

Synopsis Arthur Clennam returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy Dorrit and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors'...

Direction Richard Loncraine

Cast Albert Finney · Vanessa Redgrave · Jim Broadbent · Linus Roache

Synopsis The Story about famous british conservative politician and statesman Winston Churchill in the years leading up to World War II. A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Mr. Churchill and his wife Clementine Churchill during a...