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- StarsF. Murray AbrahamSteven BerkoffJuliette CatonAt the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious prosecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
- StarsSam WaterstonPip TorrensFrances BarberBased on the historical work "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "The Nightmare Years" tells the story of William Shirer, American journalist who, during his days of correspondence as a foreign press in report in 1930s Germany, had to deal with the growing oppression of the Nazi regime, the increasing censorship of the press, and finally the prospect of world war. In the last days of peace, Shirer also struggles to have his German wife and child escape to the United States.
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsIsabella FerrariJohn SteinerValeria CiangottiniCaterina is a twenty-year-old girl from Cremona: her father died before her eyes in Brussels, a victim of the Heysel Stadium disaster. A British police inspector, determined to bring to justice all those responsible, after several years summons her again as an eyewitness as new elements have emerged.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsGudrun LandgrebeKevin McNallyMio TakakiSet in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets and falls in love with a certain Mitsuko Matsugae, an artist and the daughter of the Japanese ambassador to Germany. Louise's husband Heinz soon finds out and tries to break up the union between his wife and Mitsuko only to eventually fall in love with Mitsuko also, while outside parties who include art professor Joseph Benno, Mitsuko's lover, and Heinz's cousin Wolf, a Gestapo officer, figure in which threatens to destroy the love triangle for good.
- StarsAnthony AndrewsColleen DewhurstAva GardnerSet just after the death of Jesus Christ, this mini-series chronicles the life & adventures of Jesus's disciples, and events in Rome during the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
- DirectorCarlo VerdoneStarsCarlo VerdoneEnrico MontesanoMassimo BoldiEpisodic comedy-drama about two recruits who join Italy's carabinieri, become friends, and work together on several cases.
- DirectorEmidio GrecoStarsErland JosephsonBrigitte FosseyRüdiger VoglerErik Sander, a wealthy Swedish industrialist , mysteriously disappears after a cruise. Anderson, a reporter , begins to investigate the event.
- DirectorAldo LadoStarsJohn SteinerMarina MalfattiGianni Cavina
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsAnnie GirardotBibi AnderssonMichel GalabruArchitect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspects his young Swedish wife Catherine and her English lover Tom Hastings. After numerous interrogations, in which they entangle themselves in contradictions, they try to flee, but are soon both caught and brought to trial, he in England, she in France. Only when Catherine keeps on proclaiming her innocence, superintendent Corbier finally considers believing her.
- DirectorAlberto MarrasStarsRay LovelockMel FerrerLilli CaratiTo avenge the death of a friend, Detective Mark Carter will antagonize the Mafia, which will pursue him throughout the city.
- DirectorLino Del FraStarsRiccardo CucciollaPaolo BonacelliPier Paolo CapponiAntonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.
- DirectorMino GuerriniStarsJacques DufilhoJohn SteinerIsabelle MarchallThe Colonel Von Schprountz, known for his sense of authority, is sent by his superiors to a Wehrmacht camp to maintain it in order.
- DirectorCarlo TuziiStarsJohn SteinerRoberto BisaccoMiguel Bosé
- DirectorRoger PigautStarsClaude BrasseurMarthe KellerGabriele FerzettiA compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsGeorgina HaleNigel HawthorneRichard LeechIn an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assistance by Kabak (who has just arrived from Moscow) but Gramsci soon realizes Kabak is not motivated by ideology, as he has other motives.
- DirectorMarco LetoStarsAdalberto Maria MerliAdolfo CeliMilena VukoticRossini (Adalberto Maria Merli), history teacher and son of another professor, for his liberal ideas refuses to sign the oath of allegiance to the the fascist regime that Mussolini imposed on the professors university. After a period of imprisonment he is so assigned to confinement on an island. Here the young intellectual finds himself in contact with the composite humanity that populated the places of confinement: militiamen, agents, common and political coercion, villagers. The figure of the director of the colony, the commissioner Rizzuto, stands out among all, who was a pupil of his father, and for whom he continues to have feelings of esteem and devotion.
- DirectorGiorgio TrevesStarsJohn Steiner
- StarsDenholm ElliottBillie WhitelawRichard VernonAn anthology series of BBC television dramas on sexual themes. The same cast was featured in each production.
- CreatorWilfred GreatorexStarsBarrie InghamSarah CrazeColin GordonStories of Joe Hine, a British Arms Salesman.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsSilvia DionisioGianni MacchiaEsmeralda RuspoliTeen girl Jules must deal with her budding sexuality, and the fact that some men and women want her adds to her confusion.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsPeter CookDudley MooreEleanor BronA hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
- StarsSam KyddDavid MunroJudy RobinsonAdventures of a crime-fighting ex-smuggler.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsJulie ChristieDirk BogardeLaurence HarveyBeautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
- DirectorAlberto CavalloneStarsIvano StaccioliAndrea TragliaMaria Pia LuziPhilippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual.
- DirectorIan CurteisStarsDerek GodfreyDerek NewarkRoddy McMillan
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsAlfred BurkeWilliam FranklynGillian LewisEmployed at the Hotel Railton as house detective during World Cup week, Marker has his work cut out keeping his eye on the strange behaviour of the hotel's guests.
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsRula LenskaClive ArrindellJohn SteinerA woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
- DirectorRobert KnightsStarsGlynis BarberSheila BeckettDavid BirdEdward discovers the family business he is inheriting has defrauded clients for years.
- DirectorTania LievenStarsMichael BalfourNorman BirdBari JonsonAfter trying to reason with a racist over his treatment of a black couple, Sister Benedict faces a dilemma of who next to turn to.
- StarsDoreen ArisTerence de MarneyPaul EddingtonA young scientist begins to think his job is unethical.
- DirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsDavid BaronIsobel BlackGeoffrey Keen
- DirectorJames MacTaggartStarsJoan BenhamColin BlakelyJane BondAn effete television producer and his beautiful wife move into an old terraced house.In the basement is a sitting tenant they cannot move.The tenant starts to invade their life with increasing voracity, leading to him eventually beating up the young wife and then becoming her afternoon lover.
- DirectorDavid CunliffeStarsMichael BryantClare KellyJohn Steiner
- StarsEleanor BronMichael BryantCarolyn CourageThe history of an old four poster bed and its various occupants.
- DirectorJoan Kemp-WelchStarsBarbara JeffordJoan BenhamJennie LindenLord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house...
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsJune WhitfieldArnold YarrowJoe BrownAngela, whose husband is abroad, wakes to find she has been sharing a bed with a strange man....and he's dead.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsBilly CorneliusJudy CornwellBernard CribbinsHoneybone is an engineer and is contacted by Killick to be told that he is a test for a possible mole in the department and Honeybone's role is to say that he will give away secrets. Meanwhile Honeybone meets and befriends a new contact - it turns out to be the mole. The mole's girl comments 'I feel like a prostitute' and the mole replied - 'that is exactly what you are my dear.' Killik later contacts Honeybone and tells him to get on with the job that he will give up secrets. He then lets slip to the mole that he is on his way to Strasbourg where he disappears. Honeybone has said he will give away secrets to the mole The final scene is a phone call taken by the mole- 'oh you have got him. Well treat him nicely I was at school with him. oh and by the way I have just met someone who may be of use to you.' The mole is a mole and has given away Killik's movement so he can be kidnapped and has passed on the name of Honeybone. Plot very reliant on Kim Philby who was then very much in the public consciousness.
- DirectorEdoardo MargheritiStarsBarbara BouchetEnzo G. CastellariCorinne CléryAntonio Margheriti is one of the fathers of the genre movies in Italy. His works have been distributed all over the world, earning him a greater fame abroad than what he enjoyed in his home country. A skilled master of special effects, he was the first director in Italy to film science fiction and space opera movies.