The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
TV | Biography, Drama | UK, Italy | English, Syriac
Cast
Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier
Plot
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson, and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | France, USA | English, French
Director
George Roy Hill
Writer
Allan Burns, Patrick Cauvin, George Roy Hill
Cast
Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard
Plot
American teenager Lauren King living in Paris, meets and falls in love with a local boy named Daniel Michon. They befriend storyteller Julius and take a trip to Venice in George Roy Hill's romantic comedy.
Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson
Plot
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War.
Movie | Adventure, History | UK | English, Spanish
Director
William K. Howard
Writer
A.E.W. Mason, Clemence Dane, Sergei Nolbandov
Cast
Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh
Plot
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
