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The Rose Affair (1961)
Character: Bella
A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 (1961)
Character: Vera
Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a fervent Anglophile who had to leave Britain under duress. Can he be persuaded to return?.
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Nuit noire, Calcutta (1964)
Character: N/A
Marin Karmitz's avant-garde short film is a haunting tale about an alcoholic novelist facing a crippling case of writer's block.
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Le goût des myrtilles (2014)
Character: Jeanne
An elderly couple in their eighties with a mixed past escape into a fantastic world, full of their desires and fears, the door to which is a motorway rest area and their son's tombstone. Having lost the keys to their car, they walk down into the woods together, then apart, to better find themselves and each other.
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Golden Arrow (1949)
Character: Betty Felton
On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
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Midnight Episode (1950)
Character: N/A
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a deadly mystery when a corpse with a cash-stuffed wallet falls out of a vehicle and he helps himself to some of the money.
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The Fourth Square (1961)
Character: Sandra Martin
The Police investigate the theft of emerald jewellery which had led to murder.
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Occupations (1974)
Character: Countess Angellica
In 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.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958)
Character: Titania
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
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The Five Pound Orange (1976)
Character: Felicity
For many men edging on middle-age a mistress is a wistful pipe-dream. Gilbert has made fantasy into fact. But he becomes increasingly uncomfortable when his mistress makes him go against his code of ethics and forces him to burgle his wife's flat.
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Girl in the Headlines (1963)
Character: Perlita Barker
Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
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King Lear (1953)
Character: Cordelia
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
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Pourquoi Patricia (1979)
Character: Patricia
A young writer revisits the events leading up to the murder of the couple who were sheltering her.
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Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
Character: Vitvitskaia
The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Character: Sir William Robertson's Lady
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Le Lit (1982)
Character: Eva
Martin, a sculptor, is dying in his bed on a barge that floats along a fog-shrouded waterway. As he agonizingly descends into a final oblivion, his second wife is at his bedside, comforted by his first wife -- also present.
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La Fille prodigue (1981)
Character: La mère
A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.
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Midnight Lace (1960)
Character: Peggy Thompson
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
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The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002)
Character: Gertrude
Peter Brook presents a new interpretation of the classic in a setting is vaguely eastern rather than Scandinavian, with a multi-ethnic cast .
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Crow Hollow (1952)
Character: Anne Armour
A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.
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Windom's Way (1957)
Character: Anna Vidal
A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
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Monsieur Ripois (1954)
Character: Patricia
While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend, Patricia, over for dinner. Over the course of the evening, Andre shares his entire romantic history since first coming to London as a young man, including his liaisons with his former boss, a marriage-minded young girl and a kindhearted Frenchwoman.
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La Cerisaie (1982)
Character: Lioubov
The last vestiges of a family that has gone from cherry season to sorrow... Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who, upon returning from a trip to Paris, must face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after defaulting on her mortgage. In denial, she continues to live in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the magnificent cherry trees are chopped down by the new owner Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
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Haunted: The Ferryman (1974)
Character: Alex Owen
A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.
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The Dark Man (1951)
Character: Molly
Young aspiring actress Molly Lester witnesses a double murder, so its perpetrator, a killer known as The Dark Man, tries everything to maintain her silence.
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Dance Hall (1950)
Character: Eve
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
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Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Character: Lady Capulet
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
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