Movies: Peggy Ashcroft

  • 1982
    Little Eyolf

    Little Eyolf (1982)

    Little Eyolf

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    Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beautiful Rita. However, much to Rita's annoyance, his attention isn't always undivided toward her, as A...

    Little Eyolf
  • 1980
    Caught on a Train

    Caught on a Train (1980)

    Caught on a Train

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    British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landscape via three strangers who meet on a train. Peter (Michael Kitchen), an English businessman on an overnight trip through Europe, shares a compartment...

    Caught on a Train
  • 1980
    Cream in My Coffee

    Cream in My Coffee (1980)

    Cream in My Coffee

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    Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their pleasures and problems. Somewhere between the past and the present, ...

    Cream in My Coffee
  • 1942
    We Serve

    We Serve (1942)

    We Serve

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    Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge....

    We Serve
  • 1961
    Terminus

    Terminus (1961)

    Terminus

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    This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station....

    Terminus
  • 1963
    Britain Welcomes the President of India

    Britain Welcomes the President of India (1963)

    Britain Welcomes the President of India

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    An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on a State drive, visited the Commonwealth Institute, attended a Guildhall luncheon and visited the cou...

    Britain Welcomes the President of India
  • 1978
    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

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    While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Ed...

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson
  • 1967
    October Revolution

    October Revolution (1967)

    October Revolution

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    French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Stock footage from both World Wars are included with 30 minutes of new scenes filmed especially for the project. ...

    October Revolution
  • 1940
    Channel Incident

    Channel Incident (1940)

    Channel Incident

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    During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to search for her husband, a British soldier who was fighting in France and who may be among the troops w...

    Channel Incident
  • 1982
    Laurence Olivier: a life

    Laurence Olivier: a life (1982)

    Laurence Olivier: a life

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    A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier....

    Laurence Olivier: a life
  • 1986
    The Wind and the Bomb

    The Wind and the Bomb (1986)

    The Wind and the Bomb

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    The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T. Murakami and writer Raymond Briggs...

    The Wind and the Bomb