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The Moon-Spinners

The Moon-Spinners (1964) more movies like this

directed by James Neilson
featuring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Joan Greenwood, Irene Papas

Disney produced this distilled Hitchcockian suspense yarn, diluted for the consumption of children. Hayley Mills stars as Nikky Ferris who is spending time in Crete at a small inn called The Moon-Spinners with her Aunt Frances (Joan Greenwood). One day Nikky discovers a handsome young man, Mark Camford (Peter McEnery), wounded in an empty church ...

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Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek (1964) more movies like this

directed by Michael Cacoyannis
featuring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Georges Foundas

If ever there was a role that Anthony Quinn was born to play, it was the lusty, life-affirming title character in Zorba the Greek. The scene is the isle of Crete, where English writer Alan Bates arrives in the hopes of realigning his own values and outlook on life. He is "adopted" by the flamboyant Zorba, who determines to educate Bates in the ...

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Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) more movies like this

directed by Charles Jarrott
featuring Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos

Anne of the Thousand Days is the belated film adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's 1948 stage play. The story concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII (Richard Burton) and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold). After holding out for marriage rather than an illegitimate union, Anne marries Henry after he sheds ...

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Mohammed: Messenger of God

Mohammed: Messenger of God (1976) more movies like this

directed by Moustapha Akkad
featuring Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest

This handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed -- who, in accordance with the tenants of Islam, is never seen or heard (any physical depiction of the prophet is considered a heinous sin within the faith). In Mecca in the 7th century, Mohammed is visited by a vision of the Angel ...

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The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood (1968) more movies like this

directed by Martin Ritt
featuring Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg

In Martin Ritt's The Brotherhood, Kirk Douglas plays Frank Ginetta, an old-line Mafioso who resents the newer policies encouraged by his younger brother Vince (Alex Cord). Frank resists all attempts at modernizing his operation, whereupon Vince cajoles his father-in-law Dominick Bertolo (Luther Adler) to spearhead an inter-mob rebellion. Summing ...

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Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert (1981) more movies like this

directed by Moustapha Akkad
featuring Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas

Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are trying to gain a foothold on Libyan soil under ...

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Bloodline

Bloodline (1979) more movies like this

directed by Terence Young
featuring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Romy Schneider

Bloodline, a thriller based on a mystery novel by Sidney Sheldon and directed by Terence Young, is the story of Elizabeth Roffe (Audrey Hepburn), who inherits a huge pharmaceutical company and then discovers that some of her family members may be plotting her death in order to gain control of the company. Despite an all-star cast including the ...

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Moses

Moses (1976) more movies like this

directed by Gianfranco de Bosio
featuring Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quayle, Ingrid Thulin, Irene Papas, Mariangela Melato

Originally filmed for British television as a six-hour miniseries, Moses appeared in the U.S. in 1975 as a 2 1/2-hour theatrical release. God's lawgiver (Burt Lancaster) is chosen by God to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt, across the Red Sea and into the promised land of Canaan. John Bush, All Movie Guide

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Into the Night

Into the Night (1985) more movies like this

directed by John Landis
featuring Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Papas, Kathryn Harrold

Filled with enough cameos to keep film buffs entertained, this otherwise routine action-comedy by John Landis boasts Michelle Pfeiffer as one of its major attractions. She plays Diana, a woman prone to having affairs with some very dangerous men, and Jeff Goldblum is Ed Okin, an aerospace engineer whose lot is thrown in with Diana's when the woman ...

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High Season

High Season (1988) more movies like this

directed by Clare Peploe
featuring Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw, Kenneth Branagh

Katherine (Jacqueline Bisset) is a photographer who lives in the exotic Greek islands with her sculptor husband Patrick (James Fox) in this comedy. The film lampoons tourists, contains beautiful scenery, and focuses on the relationship and eventual reconciliation of Katherine and Patrick. Side plots include a rebellious local involved in politics, ...

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Electra (1962) more movies like this

directed by Michael Cacoyannis
featuring Irene Papas, Yannis Fertis, Theanno Ioannidou, Notis Peryalis

This excellent adaptation by Michael Cacoyannis of the famous tragedy by Euripides garnered him his first international success and an award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Irene Papas plays Electra, the daughter of King Agememnon and sister of Orestes, caught up in an uncontrollable need for revenge. After the king returns from the battlefield, ...

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A Talking Picture (2004) more movies like this

directed by Manoel de Oliveira
featuring Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Irene Papas, Catherine Deneuve

Elder statesman of Portuguese filmmaking Manoel de Oliveira directs the dialogue-driven drama A Talking Picture. Starting in Lisbon, the film involves a Mediterranean cruise with mother Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira) and daughter Maria Joana (Filipa de Almedia). From France to Turkey, the tourists travel to various stops as Rosa Maria talks to her ...

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Iphigenia (1977) more movies like this

directed by Michael Cacoyannis
featuring Irene Papas, Costa Kazakos, Costa Carras, Tatiana Papamoskou, Christos Tsangas

This production by Michael Cacoyannes is respectfully adapted from the ancient classical Greek play by Euripides (485-406 BCE). When the Athenians took off in ships to recover their fabled noble daughter Helen from Paris of Troy, their sailing ships were stalled for lack of wind among a group of islands. They didn't have enough food onboard for a ...

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Yerma (1999) more movies like this

directed by Pilar Távora
featuring Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Juan Diego, Irene Papas

Upon learning that her husband may be the reason why she has been unable to conceive, a woman desperate to bear children finds her moral values and her yearning for motherhood in conflict in this drama based on the tale by Federico Garcia Lorca and directed by Pilar Tavora. Yerma (Sanchez-Gijon) and her husband have been attempting to have ...

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The Trojan Women (1971) more movies like this

directed by Michael Cacoyannis
featuring Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas, Brian Blessed

The Trojan Women is a film of the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, which is a highly mannered, ritual-like stage play. It was not easy to transform it into a movie while remaining faithful to the play, but there are many rewards for the patient viewer. The score by Mikis Theodorakis (Zorba the Greek) fits the story beautifully, and the film's ...

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The Assisi Underground (1984) more movies like this

directed by Alexander Ramati
featuring Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell, Karlheinz Hackl

Set during World War II, The Assisi Underground deals with the efforts made by a handful of hardy European souls to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Ben Cross plays a dynamic young Catholic priest who puts his own life on the line to save thousands of refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy. While the role of the Vatican in the war is still a matter of ...

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