Ian McKellen Movies

  • 1982
    Walter

    Walter

    Walter

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    A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what...

    Walter
  • 2003
    Émile

    Émile

    Émile

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    In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.

    Émile
  • 1983
    Walter and June

    Walter and June

    Walter and June

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    Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".

    Walter and June
  • 2014
    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn

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    This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...

    Nelson Mandela Redrawn
  • 1985
    Zina

    Zina

    Zina

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    Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in...

    Zina
  • 1992
    Gladio

    Gladio

    Gladio

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    In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due...

    Gladio
  • 1994
    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

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    Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall 25:...

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
  • 2016
    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

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    Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III
  • 1988
    Scarfe's Follies

    Scarfe's Follies

    Scarfe's Follies

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    Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe looks at that most English of things - the folly.

    Scarfe's Follies
  • 2000
    Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

    Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

    Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

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    A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

    Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
  • 2020
    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

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    Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of...

    Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
  • 1965
    The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

    The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

    The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

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    An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.

    The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
  • 2016
    Shakespeare on Film

    Shakespeare on Film

    Shakespeare on Film

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    Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.

    Shakespeare on Film
  • 1996
    An Evening with Lily Savage

    An Evening with Lily Savage

    An Evening with Lily Savage

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    Enjoy the outrageous and flamboyant First Lady of British Comedy, Lily Savage, as she performs her incredibly hysterical live show before a...

    An Evening with Lily Savage
  • 2013
    The Egg Trick

    The Egg Trick

    The Egg Trick

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    Do you know the joke about the broken egg?

    The Egg Trick
  • 2011
    Looking for Lowry

    Looking for Lowry

    Looking for Lowry

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    Looking for Lowry is an entertaining documentary film about the life and work of the much loved British artist L.S. Lowry (1887 – 1976). This...

    Looking for Lowry
  • 1993
    Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

    Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

    Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

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    An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story...

    Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up
  • 2020
    Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

    Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

    Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU

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    One-man stage performance by English stage and screen actor Sir Ian McKellen. McKellen reprises roles over his career in the theatre (such as the...

    Ian McKellen on Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and YOU
  • 2011
    The Betty Driver Story

    The Betty Driver Story

    The Betty Driver Story

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    The Betty Driver Story
  • 1969
    The Promise

    The Promise

    The Promise

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    Set in Leningrad. Follows the lives of three young Russians from the terror of the German siege of Leningrad through the uncertainty of the postwar...

    The Promise