Direction: George Schaefer

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George Schaefer. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


An Enemy of the People

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Steve McQueen · Bibi Andersson · Charles Durning · Richard Dysart

Plot A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.

7.4

345 votes

7.4

345 votes

The Bunker (TV)

1981 · Movie · 148 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Richard Jordan · Cliff Gorman · James Naughton

Plot Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

6.5

304 votes

6.5

304 votes

Right of Way (TV)

1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Bette Davis · James Stewart · Melinda Dillon · Priscilla Morrill

Plot Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that...

5.8

47 votes

5.8

47 votes

Pendulum

1969 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast George Peppard · Jean Seberg · Richard Kiley · Charles McGraw

Plot On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime...

5.8

54 votes

5.8

54 votes

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (TV)

1986 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Harold Gould · Bibi Besch · Denholm Elliott

Plot A well-to-do widow (Katherine Hepburn) shocks her snobbish WASP family when she announces that she has fallen in love with her Jewish doctor (Harold Gould). His family is equally devastated...

5.0

25 votes

5.0

25 votes

Generation

1969 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast David Janssen · Kim Darby · Pete Duel · Andrew Prine

Plot Jim Bolton, a well-off businessman from Chicago hears that his daughter Doris is pregnant in New York. Since he did not even know she was seeing anyone he fears the...

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The Patriots (TV)

1963 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Charlton Heston · Howard St. John · John Fraser · Laurinda Barrett

Plot Adaptation of Kingsley's Broadway play. During the post-Revolutionary War period of the 1790s, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson clash over the precarious economic and military positions of the new republic.

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Anastasia (TV)

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Robert Burr · Tamara Daykarhanova · Lynn Fontanne · Brenda Forbes

Plot A group of swindlers convinces a girl suffering from amnesia that she's the daughter and sole surviving child of Czar Nicholas II in order to collect the vast amount of...

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Once Upon a Scoundrel

1973 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Zero Mostel · Katy Jurado · A Martinez · Pancho Córdova

Plot Comic genius shines through in Zero Mostel's brilliant and hilarious portrayal of Senor Carlos de Refugio, a wealthy landowner known for his roguish and selfish acts. Refugio's desire for the...

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Victoria Regina (TV)

1961 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Julie Harris · James Donald · Basil Rathbone · Pamela Brown

Plot For 64 years Victoria was the empress of an age. Her role as devoted wife to her beloved Albert is the focus of the story is of Victoria, as an...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (TV)

1974 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Blythe Danner · Susan Sarandon · David Huffman

Plot A semi-fictional account of how writer F. Scott Fitzgerald met his wife while he was in the army and stationed in Alabama in 1919.

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Invincible Mr. Disraeli (TV)

1963 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Trevor Howard · Greer Garson · Eric Berry · Norman Barrs

Plot Trevor Howard stars as British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

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Elizabeth the Queen (TV)

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Judith Anderson · Charlton Heston · Michael Allinson · Alan Caillou

Plot England is rocked by a power struggle between Queen Elizabeth and her lover, the Earl of Essex.

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On Borrowed Time (TV)

1957 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

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Lincoln (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1974 · Series · min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Hal Holbrook · Sada Thompson · Michael Cristofer · James Carroll Jordan

Plot (1974-1975). 6 episodes.

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Meet Me in St. Louis (TV)

1959 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Tab Hunter · Jane Powell · Walter Pidgeon · Jeanne Crain

Plot A year in the life of the Smith family as they prepare to move to NYC and anticipate the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. Many musical numbers as Esther and...

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Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alan Crosland Jr. · Bernard Girard · John Newland · Ted Post

Cast Fred Astaire · Keir Dullea · Paul Comi · Joan Staley

Plot TV Series (1961-1963). 2 seasons. 56 episodes. Hosted by famous dancer/actor Fred Astaire, this series presented a new drama with each week's episode. Unlike some of the earlier drama series,...

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A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (TV)

1982 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Bette Davis · Penny Fuller · Christopher Guest · George Hearn

Plot An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.

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Eagle in a Cage (TV)

1965 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

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First, You Cry (TV)

1978 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Anthony Perkins · Jennifer Warren · Richard Dysart

Plot The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her philosophy and her entire life.

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