Sidney Cole

In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!

In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!

A group of Norwegians cross the North Sea in winter to deliver Allied soldiers and ammunition to their Nazi-occupied country.

An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.

An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

영국 북부의 공업지대. 직물업계의 대부인 벌리는 최근 업계에 들이닥친 심각한 위기를 감지한다. 그는 예비 사위의 방적공장을 둘러보다가 한 연구실에서 호기심을 끄는 이상한 장치를 발견하지만 누구도 그것이 무엇인지 설명하지 못한다. 조사 결과 그 장치에는 4천 파운드가 소요되었고 시드니 스트래튼이라는 연구원이 허락도 없이 주문을 했다는 사실이 밝혀진다. (1947)에 이은 알렉산더 맥켄드릭의 두 번째 영화로 일링 코미디 중 가장 냉소적인 영화로 꼽힌다. 진보가 보수에 발목을 잡히고, 과거로부터 헤어나지 못하고 있던 당시 영국의 현실을 신랄하게 비꼬고 있다. (Naver 영화)

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

An exposure of the fallacy of race myths; Nazi and Japanese theories about pure blood and master races are contrasted with scientific facts of mixed origins to prove that no nation or race can be considered inferior or superior.

별장 대축을 의뢰받은 건축가가 별장에서 사람들을 만나고 5개의 에피소드를 듣으면서 이상한 느낌에 싸인다. 전에 자신이 이곳에 왔었다는 생각을 갖게 되는데, 이런 것을 꿈이나 무의식적 경험에 의한 대자비 현상이라고 한다. 이런 현실과 환상, 혼령이 살아나고 인형이 살아나는 아주 독특한 공포적 초현실적인 이야기를 담고 있다.

British war documentary

British war documentary

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.

1941년, 전쟁을 앞둔 유고슬라비아의 봄. 페트로비치 집안의 큰아들인 군인 밀로슈와 작은아들인 의사 스테판은 부모님의 결혼기념일을 맞아 집에 모여 행복한 나날을 보낸다. 국경과 병원으로 떠난 밀로슈와 스테판은 각자의 전쟁을 겪고, 유고슬라비아 군대가 패배하자 밀로슈는 스테판을 찾아와 게릴라의 위장 연락책이 되어 달라고 부탁한다. 스테판은 겉으로는 독일에 협력하는 병원장이지만 뒤로는 형과 게릴라를 돕는다. 작전을 수행하다가 붙잡힌 형제의 아버지와 함께 스테판은 터널을 폭파하며 죽고, 밀로슈는 전쟁의 승리를 위해 마지막 그날까지 싸울 것을 다짐한다.

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.

A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.

Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.

런던의 한 저택에서 앨리스 바를로우가 살해당하고 그녀의 유명한 루비가 사라진지도 20년. 비어있는 채 남겨져 있던 그 집을 폴, 벨라 부부가 매입하여 이사를 오게 된다. 그런데, 남편인 폴은 어떤 비밀을 간직하고 있고, 그 비밀을 지키기 위해 어떤 일이라도 저지르려고 하는데...

A wartime short encouraging workers to join free, government-organised engineering training schemes.

A short film on Republican efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War.

A short film on Republican efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War.

Documentary short directed by Sidney Cole and Thorold Dickinson.

Documentary short directed by Sidney Cole and Thorold Dickinson.

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.

A Chicago gangster is pleasantly surprised by violent crime in London. When he discovers crooks are after a mysterious package, and murder an innocent match-seller for it, he turns detective.

Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. He is very keen to do well but luckily he has an understanding captain to pull him out of the various adventures he seems to get involved in.

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public bar results in him insulting his boss, getting sacked and enlisting in the Navy. Will he still remain a feeble second-best, or will active service make a man of him?

The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!

The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II