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Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

American actor and producer (1913-1994)
November 2, 1913 (October 20, 1994)
U.S. 1991. History by George Stevens Jr. with Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley. In the 1950s, a New York City lawyer fights in the Supreme Court for the abolition of racial segregation in schools.
Runtime: 190 min.
It. 1990. Drama by Alberto negrin with Burt Lancaster, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Culp. A commando of four terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship in the hope of freeing comrades held in Israel.
Runtime: 180 min.
U.S. 1989. Fantasy comedy by Phil Alden Robinson with Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones. Following a vision, a farmer builds a baseball field on his grounds to allow former players who have all passed away to return and play.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1989. Drama by Tony Richardson with Burt Lancaster, Charles Dance, Teri Polo. A masked musician who is condemned to live backstage at the Paris Opera becomes the protector of a young singer.
Runtime: 185 min.
U.S. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Petrie with Burt Lancaster, Macaulay Culkin, John Glover. The members of a family gather at the country house of the patriarch, who prefers the company of children to that of adults.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1988. Mores drama by Michael Anderson with Burt Lancaster, Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross. The stories of a few couples serve as an illustration of the conditions of marital happiness.
Runtime: 94 min.

Sins of the Fathers

V.O.: Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie
U.S. 1987. Chronicle by Bernhard Sinkel with Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie, Bruno Ganz. The tribulations of a German family who owned chemical plants during the first half of the 20th century.
Runtime: 480 min.
U.S. 1986. Comedy by Jeff Kanew with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning. After thirty years in prison, two old men decide to attack a train.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1986. Drama by Andrew V. McLaglen with Burt Lancaster, Richard Crenna, Paul LeMat. A retired colonel is sent to Iran to evacuate American nationals during the fall of the Shah.
Runtime: 221 min.

Control

V.O.: Il Giorno prima
Can. 1986. Psychological drama by Giuliano Montaldo with Burt Lancaster, Kate Nelligan, Ben Gazzara. Around fifteen people agree to experience a long stay in a nuclear shelter.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1986. Biography by Lee Philips with Burt Lancaster, Laura Press, Hanna Schygulla. At the end of his life, a circus magnate recalls the stages of a flamboyant career.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1985. Social drama by David Lowell Rich with Burt Lancaster, Pamela Reed, Robert Urich. Struggling financially, a young woman accepts a job at a sensationalist newspaper.
U.S. 1984. Drama by Alan Sharp with Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Burt Lancaster. Invited to Mexico by her father, a stripper gets involved in a case of stolen money.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1983. Mores comedy by Bill Forsyth with Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Burt Lancaster. A representative from a Texas oil company negotiates the purchase of a territory on the coast of Scotland.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1983. Thriller by Sam Peckinpah with Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster. A television host agrees to work with the CIA to dismantle a spy ring in which three of his friends are allegedly involved.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Skin

V.O.: La Pelle
It. 1981. War drama by Liliana Cavani with Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King. In Naples in 1943, an Italian writer serves as a liaison between American troops and his countrymen.
Runtime: 134 min.
Can. 1980. Mores drama by Louis Malle with Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1979. War drama by Douglas Hickox with Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1977. War drama by Ted Post with Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Marc Singer. In 1964, American soldiers attempt to occupy a former French base in Vietnam.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1977. Science-fiction by Don Taylor with Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport. A scientist living on an isolated island tries to transform animals into human beings.
Runtime: 98 min.
All. 1977. Drama by Robert Aldrich with Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Richard Widmark. A former general seizes a nuclear missile launch base and blackmails the U.S. government.
Runtime: 144 min.

1900

V.O.: Novecento
It. 1976. Social drama by Bernardo Bertolucci with Burt Lancaster, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu. Over the course of half a century, the friendship between a landowner and a farmhand goes through many trials.
Runtime: 315 min.
U.S. 1976. Drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with Burt Lancaster, Helen Hayes, Helmut Berger. An Israeli commando team goes to Uganda to rescue the passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists.
Runtime: 119 min.
G.-B. 1976. Drama by George P. Cosmatos with Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster. A terrorist contaminated by a virulent bacteria takes refuge on a train.
Runtime: 128 min.
G.-B. 1975. Biblical drama by Gianfranco de Bosio with Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quayle, Ingrid Thulin. Raised in the court of the Pharaoh, an Israelite sets out to free his people from the Egyptian yoke.
Runtime: 141 min.

Conversation Piece

V.O.: Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
It. 1973. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger. Forced to rent out part of his apartment, a retired professor becomes the observer of odd customs.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster with Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell. An ex-police officer turned night guard at a college investigates the murder of a student.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1973. Thriller by David Miller with Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer. In March 1963, a group of influential men plot the assassination of President Kennedy.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1972. Spy drama by Michael Winner with Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield. A Frenchman working for the CIA is ordered to kill his superior suspected of being a double agent.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1972. Western by Robert Aldrich with Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke. A young officer leads a detachment in pursuit of an Apache chief.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1971. Western by Edwin Sherin with Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher. A police officer of Mexican origin confronts the bullies responsible for a lynching.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1970. Western by Michael Winner with Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb. A sheriff goes to New Mexico in search of those responsible for the death of a man in his village.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1969. Psychological drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman. Three skydivers, specialists in free fall, put on a show in a small town in Kansas.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1969. War drama by Sydney Pollack with Burt Lancaster, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Patrick O'Neal. During the Ardennes campaign, American soldiers settle in the castle of a count.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1969. Disaster movie by George Seaton with Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg. During a winter night, the manager of an airport has to face various critical problems.
Runtime: 137 min.
U.S. 1968. Western by Sydney Pollack with Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Shelley Winters. In the company of a Black slave, a trapper hunts down Native Americans who have stolen his furs.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1967. Psychological drama by Frank Perry with Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Janet Landgard. A man decides to go home by swimming across the neighborhood pools.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1966. Western by Richard Brooks with Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale. In 1917, an American financier hires four adventurers to find his wife, kidnapped by a Mexican revolutionary.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1965. Western by John Sturges with Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton. In Colorado, various opposing groups are fighting over a whiskey shipment.
Runtime: 162 min.
U.S. 1964. War drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Scofield. French railway workers try to prevent the transport of artworks to Germany at the end of the war.
Runtime: 133 min.
U.S. 1963. Social drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March. Unhappy with the signing of a treaty with the USSR, the head of the Pentagon takes the lead in a military plot to depose the President of the United States.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Leopard

V.O.: Il Gattopardo
It. 1963. Drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale. The reactions of a Sicilian aristocrat to the revolution led by Garibaldi in 1860.
Runtime: 160 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Neville Brand, Karl Malden. A murderer who became a renowned ornithologist in prison is transferred to Alcatraz where he is denied the right to continue his activities.
Runtime: 143 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Bruce Ritchey. A young woman works as an instructor in an institution for developmentally challenged children.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1961. Social drama by Stanley Kramer with Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell. The fictionalized story of a trial brought by Americans against Nazi leaders.
Runtime: 189 min.
U.S. 1960. Western by John Huston with Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Lillian Gish. An eccentric horse enthusiast reveals that the youngest daughter of a Texas settler family is a Native American.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1960. Social drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters. A New York prosecutor?s investigation into the murder of a young Puerto Rican.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1960. Mores drama by Richard Brooks with Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones. A young salesperson with questionable morals, infatuated with an evangelist, becomes a popular preacher.
Runtime: 145 min.
U.S. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Guy Hamilton with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier. In 1777, an American pastor is led to take up arms following an act of injustice by a British general.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1958. Psychological drama by Delbert Mann with Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster. Small dramas take place in a hotel where lonely people take refuge.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1958. War drama by Robert Wise with Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden. A commander engages his submarine in a daring battle against a Japanese convoy.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1957. Western by John Sturges with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming. The sheriff of Dodge City teams up with a former dentist-turned-adventurer to fight a gang of killers.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1956. Mores drama by Alexander Mackendrick with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison. A journalist takes pleasure in ruining people's reputations.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1956. Psychological drama by Joseph Anthony with Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey. A single woman falls in love with a charlatan.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1955. Mores drama by Carol Reed with Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida, Tony Curtis. A heady brunette sows discord in a circus.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Mann with Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan. An Italian emigrant who lives in Florida with her daughter is unable to recover from her husband?s death.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1955. Western by Burt Lancaster with Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Walter Matthau. To end a vendetta, a Kentucky mountain man decides to move to Texas with his young son.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1954. Western by Robert Aldrich with Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel. American adventurers attempt to seize a gold convoy to be used for the Mexican revolution.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Arthur Lubin with Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors. In 1941, a woman is mixed up in the warlike adventures of two marine shooters.
Runtime: 72 min.
U.S. 1953. Psychological drama by Fred Zinnemann with Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra. The garrison life of American soldiers in Hawaii, on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Byron Haskin with Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Andre Morell. Eager to get rich, a sailor defends Pacific natives against German smugglers.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1953. Western by Robert Aldrich with Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire. A young native is unable to accept the conquering white men.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1952. Psychological drama by Daniel Mann with Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore. The presence of a young tenant disrupts the life of a couple without children.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1952. Adventures by Robert Siodmak with Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok. For the sake of a woman, a pirate joins rebels to fight a tyrant.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1951. Adventures by Willis Goldbeck with Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrence, Gilbert Roland. A sergeant and his men must attract the attention of the enemy while waiting for reinforcements.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1951. Biography by Michael Curtiz with Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter. The ups and downs of a Native American soccer player.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1950. Western by Richard Thorpe with Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru. A cowboy adopted by a rancher strives to make amends with his benefactor's son.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1950. Adventures by Jacques Tourneur with Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas. A Lombard peasant struggles to free his country from a tyrant.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1949. Adventures by William Dieterle with Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Corinne Calvet. A woman is tasked with extracting the secret location of some diamonds from a man.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1949. Crime drama by Robert Siodmak with Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea. For the love of an unworthy woman, a young man is led to participate in a robbery.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by Anatole Litvak with Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. A physically challenged woman learns over the phone that someone wants to kill her.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1948. Police comedy by Edmund Goulding with Edmund Gwenn, Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire. An elderly man who makes counterfeit money is tracked down by a federal agent.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by Byron Haskin with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott. After his release from prison, a criminal settles accounts with an old friend.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by Norman Foster with Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Robert Newton. An opportunistic murderer, taking refuge in a stranger's home, is threatened by a blackmailer.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 1947. Crime drama by Lewis Allen with John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott. A young girl seeks to escape her surroundings by following a gangster.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1947. Drama by Irving Reis with Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians. The son of an industrialist discovers that his father delivered defective equipment to the army during the war.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1946. Crime drama by Robert Siodmak with Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien. Two investigations are conducted in parallel about a murder committed by professional killers.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1946. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford. Several plots develop in the Westgate prison where a rebellion is brewing.
Runtime: 98 min.

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