Peter Ustinov Movies

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" is a famous spectacle that is enigmatic and exotic at the same time - and just because of...

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend...

Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale.

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on...

In May 1977 a second Amnesty benefit was held to build on the success of the first show and with the intent of developing momentum for a...

Granpa tells stories to his granddaughter Emily, who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.

A documentary about Germany's last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.

World-famous underwater adventurer Jacques Cousteau is on a journey on the surface of the sea. Along with Lucien Malavard and Bertrand Charrier,...

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him...

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

This is one of the Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this episode focuses on Diaghilev’s...

Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the...

In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political...

A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines which of them is the most likely to have committed...