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
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Beulah Bondi · Dorothy Eaton · Larry Gates · Margaret Hamilton
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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
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Trevor Howard · James Daly · Pamela Franklin · George Rose
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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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