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Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

British actor and film director
October 22, 1938 (86 years old)
G.-B. 2024. Epic by Ridley Scott with Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen. The exploits of the son of a legendary gladiator.
Runtime: 148 min.
G.-B. 2019. Biography by Swati Bhise with Devika Bhise, Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi. In the 1850s, the young queen of an Indian province leads the revolt of her people against the British Empire.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2017. Crime drama by Kenneth Branagh with Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Johnny Depp. In 1934, on a trans-European luxury train stopped by an avalanche, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American businessman.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 2016. Sentimental drama by Radu Mihaileanu with Gemma Arterton, Sophie Nélisse, Derek Jacobi. A mysterious book serves as a link between an old man searching for his son and a daughter looking for a cure for her mother
U.S. 2015. Fantastic tale by Kenneth Branagh with Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden. When her father dies, an orphan girl discovers her stepmother
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 2014. Biography by Richard Laxton with Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Emma Thompson. Married to the English art critic John Ruskin, the young Scottish woman Effie Gray struggles to find her place between her distant husband and overprotective parents-in-law.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 2013. History by Olivier Dahan with Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella. In 1961, Grace of Monaco was called upon to intervene in the diplomatic conflict between her husband, Prince Rainier, and the French government run by Charles de Gaulle.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2011. History by Roland Joffé with Wes Bentley, Olga Kurylenko, Rodrigo Santoro. The son of the childhood friend of the founder of Opus Dei writes a book about the rivalry between his father and the priest during the Spanish Civil War.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 2010. Thriller by Clint Eastwood with Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Frankie McLaren. The parallel trajectories of a struggling American medium, a French journalist who has returned from the dead, and an English child in mourning for his twin brother.
Runtime: 123 min.
G.-B. 2010. History by Tom Hooper with Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. In the 1930s, the unexpected friendship between the Duke of York, future George VI, and the therapist who helped him overcome his speech impediment.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 2010. History by Jonathan English with James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Derek Jacobi. In 1215, the cruel King John of England launched his army against the barons who had forced him to sign a treaty reducing the powers of the monarchy.
Runtime: 121 min.
All. 2008. Drama by Paul Schrader with Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi. The stay of a German magician and telepath, survivor of the Holocaust, in an experimental sanatorium in Israel.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 2008. Drama by Andy Wilson with James Purefoy, Judy Davis, Derek Jacobi. A U.S. senator investigates the murder of her daughter, a journalist who was tracking diamond smugglers in the Congo.
Runtime: 180 min.
G.-B. 2007. Drama by Brian Percival with Derek Jacobi, Toby Jones, Sophie Vavasseur. An old shopkeeper and compulsive gambler leaves London with his granddaughter to escape a dastardly pawnbroker.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 2007. Thriller by Brendan Foley with Vinnie Jones, Derek Jacobi, Julie Cox. Intelligent story based on a game of mirrors. Far-fetched ending. Energetic but fluid direction. Good acting.
U.S. 2006. Fantasy by Len Wiseman with Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy. A vampire warrior fights a powerful fellow vampire who wants to ally with her werewolf brother to dominate the world of creatures of the night.
Runtime: 106 min.

Pinochet's Last Stand

V.O.: Pinochet in Suburbia
G.-B. 2006. Biography by Richard Curson Smith with Derek Jacobi, Phyllida Law, Anna Massey. In the late 1990s, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest in suburban London during extradition proceedings.
Runtime: 78 min.
G.-B. 2005. Fantasy comedy by Kirk Jones with Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. A hideous governess with supernatural powers comes to the aid of a widower with seven unruly children.
Runtime: 97 min.
G.-B. 2002. History by Richard Loncraine with Albert Finney, Jim Broadbent, Vanessa Redgrave. In the 1930s, former British minister Winston Churchill warns European governments about the rise of Nazism.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1998. Crime drama by Mary McMurray with Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Natalie Jones. In the Middle Ages, a monk investigates the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found buried in a field by the monastery.
G.-B. 1998. Crime drama by Ken Grieve with Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Colver. In the Middle Ages, a monk investigates the murder of a shepherd and the kidnapping of a young slave.
G.-B. 1998. Crime drama by Ken Grieve with Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Anthony Green. In the Middle Ages, a monk discovers that a pilgrim is less pious than he seems.
G.-B. 1997. Biography by John Maybury with Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton. The life and career of the English painter Francis Bacon, who lived for several years with a lover who served as a model.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1996. Mores drama by Herbert Wise with Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Richard Johnson.
Runtime: 75 min.
Runtime: 242 min.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Malcolm Mowbray with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
Runtime: 75 min.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Ken Grieve with Derek Jacobi, Eoin McCarthy, Peter Copley.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Richard Stroud with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Richard Stroud with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Graham Theakston with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Graham Theakston with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
Runtime: 75 min.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Herbert Wise with Derek Jacobi, Christian Asholt, Chloe Annett.
Runtime: 75 min.
G.-B. 1995. Crime drama by Herbert Wise with Derek Jacobi, Jacqueline Defferary, Eoin McCarthy.
G.-B. 1994. Crime drama by Graham Theakston with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley. A monk investigates the death of a powerful baron who was murdered just after marrying a young girl.
Runtime: 77 min.
G.-B. 1994. Crime drama by Graham Theakston with Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley.
Runtime: 75 min.
G.-B. 1993. Thriller by Geoffrey Sax with Dennis Waterman, Derek Jacobi, Clare Higgins. A secret agent whose wife and son were killed by members of the IRA is assigned to infiltrate the organization.
U.S. 1991. Fantasy by Kenneth Branagh with Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi. In Los Angeles, a private investigator tries to help a young woman with amnesia who is haunted by memories of a past life.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1990. Drama by Christine Edzard with Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Ruth Mitchell. In 1857, a London clerk posing as an aristocrat runs a series of scams to get money from the rich.
Runtime: 140 min.
G.-B. 1989. History by Kenneth Branagh with Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield. A portrayal of the military campaign undertaken by the king of England Henry V to support his claims to the crown of France.
Runtime: 135 min.
G.-B. 1988. Melodrama by Jack Gold with Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi. During World War II, a wealthy lawyer being held hostage by the Germans gives all his belongings to an impoverished man in exchange for taking his place in front of the firing squad.
Runtime: 109 min.
G.-B. 1987. Social drama by Christine Edzard with Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Roshan Seth. In nineteenth century England, a young seamstress, living in prison with her indebted father, receives help from her boss's son.
Runtime: 175 min.
G.-B. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Michael A. Simpson with Derek Jacobi, Sinead Cusack, John Carlisle. A soldier who is also a poet and has a prominent nose helps a young nobleman win the heart of his cousin, with whom he himself is secretly in love with.
Runtime: 176 min.
G.-B. 1982. Drama by Michael Tuchner with Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Derek Jacobi. A man with a hunchback, who is the bell-ringer at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, protects a young gypsy girl from public hatred.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1982. History by Marvin J. Chomsky with Rutger Hauer, Blythe Danner, John Gielgud. The rise of architect Albert Speer and his relationship with the Nazi leadership.
Runtime: 300 min.
G.-B. 1982. Spy drama by Jeannot Szwarc with Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey. The CIA sends a man to East Berlin to get hold of a decoder that will prevent the assassination of Russian dissidents who have taken refuge abroad.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1979. History by David Giles with Derek Jacobi, Jon Finch, John Gielgud.
Runtime: 158 min.
G.-B. 1977. Spy drama by Gordon Flemyng with Anthony Bate, Michael Culver, Derek Jacobi. The story of three British officials who were passing information to the Soviet Union.
Runtime: 90 min.

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