Francesca Annis
출생 : 1945-05-14, Kensington, London, England, UK
약력
Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in Reckless (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Deceit (2000) and Cranford (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial Lillie. Her film appearances include Krull (1983), Dune (1984), The Debt Collector (1999) and The Libertine (2004).
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Herself
The end of an era as the studios where ITV filmed its many shows for 45 years closes its doors for the last time.
Lyn Reader
영국 다이아몬드 시장의 중심지, 해튼가든. 청년 ‘바실’은 은퇴한 도둑 ‘브라이언’을 찾아가 해튼가든의 금고를 털 계획을 제안하고 ‘브라이언’은 동료들을 모아 인생 마지막 한탕을 준비한다. 누구도 예측하지 못한 사건. 계획은 성공하고 영국 전역은 패닉에 빠진다. 경찰은 총력전을 펼치고 수사가 계속되면서 믿기 힘든 범죄의 실체가 드러나는데…
Self
A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.
Joyce Hatto
Drama inspired by the true story of classical pianist Joyce Hatto. Victoria Wood's new strange-but-true drama about musical deception and enduring love
Lady Jessica
A film that’s been admired, hated and puzzled-over in fairly equal amounts, writer/director David Lynch’s ambitious 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel gets an extensive fanediting treatment in Dune The Alternative Edition Redux. This is the third and final cut of an edit first released in 2008 and again in 2009 by faneditor spicediver. As previously, it draws on the heavily cut Theatrical Version, the controversial Extended “TV” Version and a selection of Deleted Scenes and soundtrack cues.
Valerie
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
Lily Walker
불법 도박의 누명을 쓰고 7년 동안 독방에서 출소의 그날 만을 기다리며 치밀한 복수의 계획을 세운 '제이크 그린'(제이슨 스타뎀) 그를 감옥으로 보낸 '도로시'(레이 리오타) 역시 '제이크'의 석방만을 기다리며 기회를 노리고 있었다. 하지만 서로를 잡기 위해 치열한 사투를 벌이는 그들 앞에는 예상치 못한 대반전이 기다리고 있는데…
Countess
17세기 영국. 젊은 로체스터 백작은 술과 여자들에 둘러싸여 퇴폐적인 생활을 하며 금기를 깨기 위해 반항했던 방탕한 시인이다. 어느 날, 재능 없는 여배우 엘리자베스 배리를 보고 운명적으로 끌리게 된 그는 그녀를 최고의 여배우로 만들겠다고 호언장담한다. 그리고 서서히 그녀에게 빠져들며 진정한 사랑을 느끼게 된다. 한편, 영국 왕 찰스 2세는 프랑스 대사의 방문 계획에 맞춰 로체스터에게 자신의 업적을 기리는 연극을 만들어 달라고 부탁한다. 하지만 그의 기대와 달리 로체스터는 왕을 신랄하게 풍자하는 내용의 연극을 준비해 무대에 올린다. 자신의 열정과 진정한 단 한 번의 사랑을 위해 천재적 재능을 모두 불사르며 그는 스스로를 파멸로 이끌 위험 속으로 걸어 들어 가는데…
Margrethe Bohr
No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen -- the event became the stuff of modern scientific mythology. Director Howard Davies puts his spin on the momentous meeting that occurred one night in September 1941, during which the longtime friends entered into a dangerous discussion about physics and politics.
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is introduced to the young Tatiana. A passionate and virtuous girl, she soon falls hopelessly under the spell of the aloof newcomer and professes her love for him
Val Dryden
Mean, gritty, dirty and low, and that's just the policeman Gary Keltie, out for retribution for the horrendous crimes against the helpless people of Edinburgh during the 1970s, by notorious, torturous, and killer, debt collector Nickie Dryden.
Harriet
Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly dies of a heart attack, a rogue's gallery of family members show up at the farm to argue over the execution of Ruth's will. The one object that everyone seems to want, and several people try to steal, is Ruth's valuable Modigliani painting. In the midst of all this confusion over Ruth's death, a mysterious visitor named Ilaria inserts herself onto the scene and has a surprising effect on those gathered.
Anna Fairley
One year on in their lives, Owen and Anna plan to marry. But Anna's ex-husband may have an other idea. He schemes to rip the couple apart. Can Anna and Owen survive this emotional trauma to become man and wife?
Sophie
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released, and moved to Belgium to start a subsidiary, of which a major project was to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles.
A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.
Leila
When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect is her husband Ted. Adapted from the novel by Mary Higgins Clark.
Elizabeth Collier
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."
Juliet (voice)
The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack of availability, which has been described as making it "more rare than the dinosaur" has made it a sought-after item in some circles.
Jacqueline Kennedy
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
Mrs. Wellington
Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky has Christopher Tracy talked into romancing her for her money, but in getting to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the brothers, and Tricky tells about the plan.
Dubarry
During a long summer, the tranquility of a couple and their three children resting in a country house is altered with the arrival of the children's uncle, a character who exerts a curious influence on the boys and a morbid and strange attraction the wife. Twelve years after 'Los viajes escolares' (1973), his first commercial feature film, the Madrid director Jaime Chávarri returns to the same estate in the province of Segovia to shoot a new family story, about his own plot and script. Like its predecessor, 'The Golden River' contains a strong autobiographical charge and is full of personal resonances. But this new history of family ties is narrated from a perspective in which adultery manifests itself openly. Endowed with a slow narrative rhythm, the film presents an international cast headed by Ángela Molina, Bruno Ganz, Francesca Annis and Stefan Gubser. The film also has the presence of a very young Juan Diego Botto, in one of his first appearances on the big screen.
Lady Jessica
불모의 사막지대로 이루어진 모래 혹성 아라키스에는 우주에서 가장 중요한 물질인 스파이스가 있다. 스파이스는 인간 생명을 연장시키며 인간의 의식 세계를 확장시켜 주는 물질이다. 우주 여행 조합의 항해자들은 이 스파이스를 이용해 4천년 동안 진화를 거듭해왔으나 최근에 이르러 스파이스 생산에 지장을 초래할 만한 혹성을 발견하게 된다. 그중 한 혹성에 머물고 있는 우주황제 샤담 4세에게 안정적인 스파이스 생산에 협조할 것을 요청하게 되는데...
Tuppence
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue led by a mysterious man known simply as Mr. Brown.
Widow of the Web
혹성 크룰에 악마의 군단이 침입하여 온갖 나쁜짓을 일삼으며 리사 공주까지 납치하여 블랙홀에 감급한다. 이에 분격한 콜윈 왕자는 우주를떠도는 부랑아들과 전과 자들을 규합하여 악마의 성을 향해 돌진한다. 그때부터 콜윈 왕자의 네온 스피어스가 초능력을 발휘하게 되는데.
Catherine Frode
A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.
Galina
A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.
Lady Frances Derwent
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go on are the puzzling last words of a dying man. Featuring characters created by Agatha Christie, Why Didn't They Ask Evans is a classic crime thriller sure to please murder-mystery fans.
Luciana
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.
Kate Crowley
Kate works in the nuclear industry. She is concerned about the way things are being run. So she smuggles out some Plutonium to prove how easy it is. She tries to pass it on to protest groups, but nobody is interested as they have their own agendas.
Delphi / Diane
While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
Helen
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen. At the luncheon is Khrushchov, a passionate environmentalist, called "the Wood Demon" by all, in love with Sonya and she with him, but neither will say it. Two weeks later there's a family meeting at the professor's estate; two weeks after that, a supper at the cabin of Dyadin, who's cheerful to all. George, Helen, Sonya, and Khrushchov are each suffocating. Can any of them take action?
A young woman schemes to marry a wealthy businessman by becoming his secretary.
A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pretty nun, gets stuck and are forced to wait to be rescued.
Self
A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.
Lady Macbeth
스코틀랜드의 명장 맥베스(존 핀치)는 노르웨이와의 전투를 승리로 이끈 후 고향 코더 지방으로 향하는 길에 오른다. 어느날 맥베스는 광야에서 세 명의 마녀를 만나 예언을 듣게 되는데 맥베스가 곧 코더의 왕이 될 것이라는 것과 그의 부하 뱅코우(마틴 쇼우)가 낳는 자식이 맥베스 다음으로 코더의 왕을 될 것이라는 말이었다. 멕베드는 영주민들의 열렬한 환대를 받으며 당당한 개선 행진을 하면서 자신의 권력이 한층 강해 진 것을 깨닫고 코더의 왕 덩컨(니콜라스 셀비)과 그 일족을 제거하여 자신이 왕이 되려는 음모를 꾸민다. 그리고 결국 마녀의 예언대로 스스로 왕위에 오른다. 그러나 또 하나의 예언, 뱅코우의 자손이 왕이 될 것이라는 걸 염두에 두고는 뱅코우 마저도 죽이지만 뱅코우의 아들 풀리언스는 맥베스의 간계에서 벗어난다. 얼마후 아일랜드로 도망쳤던 덩컨왕의 아들 말콤(스티븐 체이스)이 영국왕 에드워드의 도움을 받아 스코틀랜드를 침입할 것이라는 소문을 듣고 맥베스는 전쟁준비에 열을 올린다. 다시 한번 마녀를 만난 맥베스는 이웃 영주인 맥더프(테렌스 베일러)를 경계하라는 주의에 따라 맥더프의 아들과 부인을 사형 시킨다. 맥더프는 아일랜드로 망명하여 말콤 왕자와 만나고, 역시 아일랜드로 망명한 스코틀랜드 귀족 로스(존 스트라이드)와도 조우한뒤 합심하여 맥베스를 치자는 의견을 모은다. 멕베드가 전쟁 준비로 아내에게 소홀한 탓에 멕베드 부인(프란시스 애니스)은 병에 걸리고, 맥베스가 전투에 나가있는 동안 그녀는 스스로 목숨을 끊는다.
Arabella Dainton
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.
Low-budget film illustrates the various factors which have lead a man to hijack a plane to Cuba.
A young woman is unable to decide between a boxer and folk singer, and ends up losing both.
Sally
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith and Nikko (Klaus Kinski) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.
Annie Jones
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
Jean
Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
Sheila Upward
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
Gwen
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called by most) is away, Sandy learns that the family home, built on state land, is being torn down to make way for a highway. In turn, Sandy would be sent to live with relatives, while Flipper would be sent to the seaquarium permanently. Not wanting to be separated from Flipper, Sandy, using his skiff, runs away with Flipper. A distraught Po returns home to look for his son. Meanwhile, the Hopewell family from Britain are vacationing in the area. Their sailboat is hijacked by three escaped convicts, who take the father, Halsey, hostage, and set the three Hopewell women - mother Julia, and teen-aged daughters Gwen and Penny - adrift, they who eventually land on the island where Sandy is hiding... Written by Huggo
June
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.
Phyl
Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description, 'an emotional leper'. He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...
Eiras
위대한 이집트가 시저의 손에 들어가고 그곳의 여왕 클레오파트라는 시저와 뜨거운 사랑에 빠진다. 호탕한 성격에 치밀한 두뇌를 지닌 시저는 이집트를 통치하며 문제없이 잘 이끌어 가던 중, 그를 시기하던 지하 세력에 의해 조종된 자신의 아들 부르터스의 칼에 맞아 비극적인 삶을 마감한다. 이런 혼란을 틈타 지하세력은 이집트를 삼키려 하지만 안토니우스의 재치와 용기로 다시 이집트는 평정을 되찾는다. 그리고 안토니우스는 클레오파트라의 신임과 사랑을 얻게 된다. 그러나 적국의 공격과 계속되는 간신들의 모반 속에 안토니우스 역시 혼란에 빠지고 클레오파트라는 자결을 결심한다.
Wanda
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences are wildly embellished or even entirely fictitious...
Priscilla
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
Sylvia
The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it. But the Gang comes in handy when a smuggling gang arrives on the scene.