Movies: Jill Balcon

  • 1993
    Wittgenstein

    Wittgenstein (1993)

    Wittgenstein

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    A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding o...

    Wittgenstein
  • 1991
    Edward II

    Edward II (1991)

    Edward II

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    England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, ov...

    Edward II
  • 1948
    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

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    Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace...

    Saraband for Dead Lovers
  • 2002
    Forever Ealing

    Forever Ealing (2002)

    Forever Ealing

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    This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known 'Ealing comedies' with Alec Guinness, and the BBC's television productions...

    Forever Ealing
  • 1947
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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    A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle....

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1950
    Highly Dangerous

    Highly Dangerous (1950)

    Highly Dangerous

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    A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country....

    Highly Dangerous
  • 1948
    Good-Time Girl

    Good-Time Girl (1948)

    Good-Time Girl

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    Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a...

    Good-Time Girl
  • 1991
    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler (1991)

    Selling Hitler

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    In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the sen...

    Selling Hitler
  • 1949
    The Lost People

    The Lost People (1949)

    The Lost People

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    Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between...

    The Lost People
  • 1986
    The Fools on the Hill

    The Fools on the Hill (1986)

    The Fools on the Hill

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    This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on November 2, 1936 at Alexandra Place in London. It was produced to commemorate its 50th anniversary....

    The Fools on the Hill
  • 1989
    A View of Harry Clark

    A View of Harry Clark (1989)

    A View of Harry Clark

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    Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?...

    A View of Harry Clark