Herbert Wise

Nascimento : 1924-08-31, Wien, Austria

Morte : 2015-08-05

Filmes

I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
Breaking the Code
Director
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
Life After Life
Director
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
The Woman in Black
Director
Advogado vai a uma pequena cidade para lidar com o funeral e os bens da fantasmagórica viúva Alice Drablow. Instalado na casa dela, ele passa a ser atormentado por barulhos e visitas terríveis. Gradualmente, junta as peças do quebra-cabeça que envolve o terrível segredo da família Drablow, que leva a um desfecho chocante.
Ladies' Night
Director
A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
Bem-vindo ao lar, Bobby
Director
O universitário Bobby é preso com drogas em uma área gay. As investigações revelam que ele manteve relações com um homem mais velho. Daí em diante sua vida vira um inferno, pois os colegas de faculdade passam a hostilizá-lo e querem sua expulsão, causando constrangimento à sua família.
Reencontro em Fairborough
Director
World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mitchum
Papa João Paulo II
Director
João Paulo II foi um dos líderes religiosos mais influentes do século 20. Reconhecido por ajudar a acabar com o regime comunista da Polônia, e eventualmente de toda a Europa, ele melhorou significativamente as relações da igreja com outras religiões.
Skokie
Director
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
Caleb Williams
Director
The Landlady
Director
Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the only other names in her guest-book seem vaguely familiar to him but he cannot think why. Sadly he will never find out as he drinks the tea which the landlady has poisoned to add him to her collection.
Julius Caesar
Director
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
A Story to Frighten the Children
Director
The story of a brutal crime in a high-rise estate; a girl walking home at night is raped and murdered, and the attitude of some is not always sympathetic.
The Gathering Storm
Director
Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.
Song at Twilight
Director
Eddie Ritchie once ' played for England,' or did he? The team have their doubts.
The Lovers!
Director
Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Director
Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its audiences. Mrs. Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her reactions affect everyone around her.
The Villa Maroc
Director
A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.
The Italian Table
Director
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
The Siege of Manchester
Director
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
A Fear of Strangers
Director
A black saxophonist and small time crook is picked up by police on suspicion of murder. His problems multiply when the investigating officer lets his own issues influence the subsequent interrogation.
To Have and to Hold
Director
A young woman is harassed by a man and seeks help from the police. The officer who visits her falls in love with her, but shortly after she is murdered.
The Day of the Fox
Producer
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly prescient." - BFI
The Day of the Fox
Director
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly prescient." - BFI
The Big Pride
Director
Three Guyanese jail breakers escape, not only from the law, but from the harsh realities of their pasts.