Anthony Asquith
Nacimiento : 1902-11-09, London, England
Muerte : 1968-02-20
Historia
Director de cine británico nacido en Londres. Hijo de Herbert Asquith, Conde de Oxford y primer ministro británico entre 1908 y 1916, desde muy joven se interesó por el cine, ambiente que conoció de primera mano cuando su padre, tras finalizar sus estudios en Oxford, le envió a Hollywood para que conociera de cerca la industria cinematográfica. Tras colaborar como ayudante de dirección de H. Bruce Woolfe y Walter Summers y escribir una serie de guiones, abordó su primer largometraje, Estrellas fugaces (1928), en un momento difícil, pues la época muda estaba dando paso el cine sonoro y esta circunstancia afectó al acabado de la película. En los años treinta concreta su buen hacer en dos películas muy diferentes. Por un lado, Tell England (1931), un relato histórico sobre el desembarco de las tropas franco-británicas en la península turca de Gallipoli en 1915, que ofrece una interesante imagen de los acontecimientos; por otro, Pigmalión (1938), una excelente adaptación de la obra de George Bernard Shaw, en la que un profesor de fonética llamado Higgins (Leslie Howard) adopta a una chica sin cultura (Wendy Hiller) con el fin de transformar sus modales y enseñarle a hablar correctamente. Con el autor teatral Terence Rattigan colaboró en varios proyectos, entre los cuales destaca especialmente Coqueta hasta el fin (1939) y The Browning Version (1951). Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial rodó diversos cortometrajes y documentales que le permitieron concretar dos largos muy bien conseguidos sobre el conflicto, We Dive at Dawn (1943) y The Way to the Stars (1945).
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Ambientada en los años 20. Un lujoso Rolls Royce Phantom II de color amarillo va pasando, a través de los años, por las manos de los más extraños personajes. Así, será testigo de las pintorescas historias de amor que protagonizan sus dueños, todos ellos orgullosos de poseer tan elegante vehículo: un aristócrata inglés engañado por su esposa francesa, un gángster de Chicago que pasa las vacaciones en Italia con su prometida, y una intrépida millonaria americana. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty" with Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn
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Frances, la esposa del magnate financiero Paul Andros, se dirige al aeropuerto para comenzar sus vacaciones en Jamaica. Paul tiene fama de convertir en dinero todo lo que toca, pero no ha sabido ganarse el amor de su mujer. La niebla cada vez se hace más intensa en el aeropuerto y los pasajeros tienen que esperar en la sala de espera...
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Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious regime; yet it could also bring them together in a way they have never been before.
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Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one offers no resistance and survives unscathed. Afterwards he begins to wonder if his refusal to resist was a prudent move to preserve his family, or an act of cowardice, as many in the town believe. The resulting conflict begins to tear apart his family.
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Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one offers no resistance and survives unscathed. Afterwards he begins to wonder if his refusal to resist was a prudent move to preserve his family, or an act of cowardice, as many in the town believe. The resulting conflict begins to tear apart his family.
A documentary about noted British director Anthony Asquith, including clips from his films and interviews with his colleagues and contemporaries.
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Epifanía Parerga es una joven italiana rica y de buena posición que no deja de gastar sus riquezas en lujos y artículos caros, dando al dinero una preferencia excesiva. Sus máximas en la vida cambian cuando conoce al doctor hindú Ahmed el Kabir, que atiende a las clases desfavorecidas de Londres.
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Un aristócrata británico (Dirk Bogarde) que padece amnesia es acusado de asesinato, lo que desencadena una crisis entre él y su esposa (Olivia de Havilland).
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Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.
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A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
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An American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex where he learns to appreciate Opera.
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Major Charles Carrington (David Niven), is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe, he also face two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act on his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A mans career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations, all hang in the balance.
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A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
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Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson) to see his final innings. But Reggie prefers poetry to cricket and when he is offered the opportunity to read his poetry to England's greatest playwright Alexander Whitehead (Robert Morley) on the last day of the test, the relationship between father and son is tested to the limit. As Sam prepares for his final knock, the conflict with his son weighs heavily on his mind, but he is also upset over England's young batsman and ladies-man, Syd Thompson (George Relph), dating the woman whom he hopes to marry.
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A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
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Para Jack, el nombre de Ernesto significa poder vivir a su aire, en la ciudad, lejos del campo, donde está Ernesto, su irreverente hermano, al cual ha de vigilar continuamente. En realidad esto sólo es una treta para poder escapar del campo siempre que le apetezca, ya que Jack y Ernesto son una misma persona. Todo va bien hasta que un día su mejor amigo va atando cabos y descubre que Ernesto no existe. La situación se complica cuando su prometida le confiesa que lo que más le atrae de él, es su nombre.
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Para Jack, el nombre de Ernesto significa poder vivir a su aire, en la ciudad, lejos del campo, donde está Ernesto, su irreverente hermano, al cual ha de vigilar continuamente. En realidad esto sólo es una treta para poder escapar del campo siempre que le apetezca, ya que Jack y Ernesto son una misma persona. Todo va bien hasta que un día su mejor amigo va atando cabos y descubre que Ernesto no existe. La situación se complica cuando su prometida le confiesa que lo que más le atrae de él, es su nombre.
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Aquejado por una grave enfermedad, el profesor Andrew Crocker-Harris se ve obligado a anunciar su retiro de la docencia. Mientras esto sucede, el profesor de química Frank Hunter sigue manteniendo la oculta relación que sostiene con Millie la esposa del veterano profesor, la cual lo vulnera psicológicamente esperanzada en deshacerse de él definitivamente. Profundos sentimientos empezarán a salir a flote y un drama de alto relieve nos abrirá sus puertas.
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Una mujer es asesinada. Sus conocidos rememoran sus encuentros con ella. Todos la recuerdan de formas muy distintas.
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Inglaterra, 1912. Los Winslow, una honorable y acaudalada familia británica, preparan el compromiso matrimonial de su hija, Catherine, con John Watherstone. Durante la reunión presidida por el cabeza de familia, Arthur, llega inesperadamente su hijo menor que ha sido expulsado del colegio por haber robado un giro postal de 5 chelines.
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Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
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Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
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Al regresar a Londres tras acabar el internado, Fanny presencia la muerte de su padre en una pelea, y descubre que su familia ha regentado un burdel durante años. No será el único descubrimiento importante en su vida, mientras se enamora del joven asesor y político Harry Sommerford, debiendo luchar por su amor contra la familia de éste.
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Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
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A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...
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An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.
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During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
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The British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a minimum during "rush hour".
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Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
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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 waiting to be rescued.
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It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
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El profesor Higgins, especialista en fonética, conoce casuamente a Elisa, una vendedora de flores, y la vulgaridad e incorrección de su lenguaje despierta extraordinariamente su interés. Toma entonces la decisión de realizar un experimento con ella: la convertirá en una respetable dama de la alta sociedad. Pero el trato que Higgins dispensa a Elisa no es muy considerado: al profesor sólo le preocupa la dicción, el perfeccionamiento de la voz y los exquisitos modales adquiridos por Elisa. Adaptación de la obra de teatro homónima de Bernard Shaw, en la que también se inspiró "My Fair Lady"
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A educational drama about Tuberculosis.
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During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.
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Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
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Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue.
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A professional footballer attempts to recover a winning pools ticket.
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A professional footballer attempts to recover a winning pools ticket.
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A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.
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Anthony Asquith’s advert for Stork Margarine.
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A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele
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During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.
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During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.
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In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
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A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
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A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
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A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
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Historia de las relaciones cruzadas entre Nell, la dependienta de una tienda, sus dos pretendientes (el electricista Bert y el portero de metro Bill) y Kate, compañera de pensión y amante de Bert.
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Historia de las relaciones cruzadas entre Nell, la dependienta de una tienda, sus dos pretendientes (el electricista Bert y el portero de metro Bill) y Kate, compañera de pensión y amante de Bert.
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El matrimonio entre los actores Mae Feather y Julian Gordon salta por los aires cuando él descubre que ella está teniendo una aventura con el comediante Andy Wilks. Mae planea entonces matar a su esposo poniendo una bala real en la pistola de atrezzo, que se le disparará durante la realización de su nueva película, 'Prairie Love'.
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El matrimonio entre los actores Mae Feather y Julian Gordon salta por los aires cuando él descubre que ella está teniendo una aventura con el comediante Andy Wilks. Mae planea entonces matar a su esposo poniendo una bala real en la pistola de atrezzo, que se le disparará durante la realización de su nueva película, 'Prairie Love'.
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The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
