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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress
January 30, 1937 (87 years old)
G.-B. 2019. Biography by Adrian Noble with Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Stephen Lord.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 2019. Drama by Christoph Waltz with Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening. In 2011 in Washington, a so-called diplomat is accused of murdering his wife, a journalist more than 30 years his senior, who had helped him rise through the social ranks.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 2017. Sentimental drama by Paul McGuigan with Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters. From 1979 to 1981 in Liverpool, the passionate love story between American actress Gloria Grahame and Peter Turner, an English actor 30 years her junior.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 2013. Drama by Bennett Miller with Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo. An Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion becomes the protege of an eccentric and manipulative billionaire from Pennsylvania.
Runtime: 134 min.
G.-B. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Paul Andrew Williams with Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston. Following the death of his wife, a cantankerous old man reconnects with his emotions thanks to a choir director.
Runtime: 85 min.
Can. 2012. Horror by Rodrigo Gudino with Aaron Poole, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Richings. After inheriting his late mother's house, an antique dealer discovers that her mother lived on the ruins of a mysterious cult shrine.
Runtime: 82 min.
G.-B. 2011. History by Ralph Fiennes with Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave. Driven by his mother to pursue a political career, a Roman general goes from hero to pariah and foments an alliance with an enemy people in revenge.
Runtime: 122 min.
G.-B. 2011. Drama by Roland Emmerich with Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto. During the reign of Elizabeth I, the Earl of Oxford sees the authorship of his plays, written anonymously, claimed by an illiterate actor, William Shakespeare.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 2010. Sentimental comedy by Gary Winick with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan. In Italy, an old English woman accompanied by her grandson and a young American woman in the search for her first love.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2010. Social drama by Julian Schnabel with Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Yasmine Al Masri. In Israel, the opposing positions of a peaceful woman who founded an orphanage for Palestinian children, and one of her students who has been influenced by her terrorist lover.
Runtime: 112 min.
Can. 2010. Drama by Larysa Kondracki with Rachel Weisz, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Strathairn. An American peacekeeper stationed in Bosnia discovers that fellow peacekeepers are involved in the trafficking of young girls from Eastern Europe.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 2009. Science-fiction by Nick Copus with Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard. Having miraculously escaped a solar storm that blinded those on Earth, three individuals try to prevent the spread of a man-eating plant.
Runtime: 186 min.
U.S. 2007. Sentimental drama by Lajos Koltai with Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson. With her two daughters at her bedside, a dying old woman recalls a lost romance 50 years ago at her best friend's wedding.
Runtime: 117 min.
G.-B. 2007. Psychological drama by Joe Wright with James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan. In England in 1935, a teenage girl's lie has dramatic consequences on the lives of her older sister and her lover.
Runtime: 123 min.
G.-B. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Roger Michell with Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips. When an old actor receives a terminal diagnosis, he becomes attached to a stormy young girl from the country who is the grandniece of his best friend.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 2005. Sentimental drama by James Ivory with Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave. In Shanghai in 1936, a rich blind American is smitten with a ruined Russian aristocrat forced to sell her body to feed her family.
Runtime: 135 min.
U.S. 2004. Drama by Carlo Gabriel Nero with Vanessa Redgrave, Angelina Jolie, Rade Serbedzija. For the first time in her life, an old woman realizes she is privileged.
U.S. 2002. Drama by Menahem Golan with Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt. A student who committed a double murder with impunity is confronted by an insightful police officer.
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.
U.S. 2002. Drama by Karen Arthur with Vanessa Redgrave, Chad Willett, Mary McDonnell. An elderly woman living in a long-term care facility supports a young employee who has been wrongly accused of murdering a patient.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 2001. Tale by Brian Henson with Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Voight. A financier discovers that he is the descendant of a peasant who once discovered the world of giants by climbing a gigantic beanstalk.
U.S. 2000. Drama by Peter O'Fallon with Trevor Morgan, Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta. A preteen boy saddened by the death of his mother befriends an eccentric lady who claims to receive messages from her dead son.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1999. Mores drama by James Mangold with Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg. In the late 1960s, a young woman who attempted suicide spends a year in a mental institution.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 1999. Sketches by Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche with Vanessa Redgrave, Chloe Sevigny, Ellen DeGeneres. At three different times, three lesbian couples are confronted with various social problems.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1998. Disaster movie by Mimi Leder with Téa Leoni, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood. Americans are preparing for a terrible cataclysm when a giant comet heads toward Earth.
Runtime: 157 min.
G.-B. 1997. Psychological drama by Marleen Gorris with Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1997. Sentimental drama by Henry Jaglom with Victoria Foyt, Stephen Dillane, Vanessa Redgrave.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1997. Drama by David Greene with Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Farina, Nastassja Kinski. Mafiosi widows team up to avenge the murders of their husbands.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1996. Spy drama by Brian De Palma with Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart.
Runtime: 110 min.
Parental Guidance
G.-B. 1995. Sentimental comedy by John Irvin with Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Uma Thurman.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1995. Psychological drama by Jonathan Sanger with Laura Dern, Vanessa Redgrave, Raul Julia.
Runtime: 113 min.
G.-B. 1993. Drama by Beeban Kidron with Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce. In the 1950s, on a liner bound for London, various people become involved in a painting theft.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1993. Fantasy by John Korty with Patrick Bergin, Vanessa Redgrave, Valerie Mahaffey. An architect is haunted by strange visions of his daughter who died acidentally.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1991. Mores drama by Simon Callow with Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert. During the Depression, a virago shopkeeper, feared by her entire community, is seduced by a dwarf who moves into her home.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1991. Drama by David Greene with Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, John Glover. A former movie star who has become a cripple is tormented by her sister, who harbours a relentless hatred for her.
Runtime: 120 min.
Can. 1991. History by Michael Anderson with Julia Ormond, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero. The story of Catherine of Russia, who was to become Czarina in 1762.
Runtime: 150 min.
U.S. 1990. Psychological drama by Peter Hall with Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Anderson, Brad Sullivan. A shopkeeper married to a sickly, bitter man is seduced by a vagrant whom she hires as a clerk.
Runtime: 117 min.
G.-B. 1988. Satire by Giles Foster with Tyler Butterworth, Jonathan Pryce, Vanessa Redgrave. After inadvertently dropping three people into a vat of chocolate, an employee receives a promotion for the quality of his confectionery.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1988. History by Charlton Heston with Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave, Adrienne Thomas. The story of Thomas Moore, who refused to support Henry VIII of England during his break with the Catholic Church.
Runtime: 118 min.
G.-B. 1987. Biography by Stephen Frears with Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave. The tumultuous relationship between renowned playwright Joe Orton and his gay friend comes to a tragic end.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1986. Biography by Anthony Page with Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ. A self-conscious athlete becomes a champion tennis player after undergoing a sex reassignment surgery.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1985. Psychological drama by David Hare with Vanessa Redgrave, Tim McInnerny, Stuart Wilson. A police officer questions the motives of a young man who committed suicide while visiting a schoolteacher.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1985. History by Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller with Jan Niklas, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave. The life of Tsar Peter I, the contested ruler of Russia in the early eighteenth century.
Runtime: 371 min.
G.-B. 1984. Mores drama by Joseph Losey with Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1984. Psychological drama by James Ivory with Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter. In 1876, a young Boston girl, who has become the spokesperson for the feminist movement, is loved by a man with ideas opposite to hers.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1983. Biography by Tony Palmer with Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven. The life, works and loves of a famous German composer.
U.S. 1982. Psychological drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with Vanessa Redgrave, Joseph Campanella, Jack Albertson. A middle-aged woman considers an abortion despite her religious beliefs.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 148 min.
G.-B. 1979. War drama by John Schlesinger with Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave.
Runtime: 141 min.
G.-B. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Michael Apted with Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton.
Runtime: 98 min.
Can. 1979. Adventures by Don Sharp with Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1977. Psychological drama by Fred Zinnemann with Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards. Shortly before World War II, an American playwright reunites with an idealistic childhood friend in Germany who was involved in the anti-Nazi resistance.
Runtime: 116 min.
G.-B. 1976. Police comedy by Herbert Ross with Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall. Dr. Sigmund Freud and Detective Sherlock Holmes join forces to solve a kidnapping case.
Runtime: 113 min.
G.-B. 1975. Psychological drama by Alan Bridges with Cliff Robertson, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan George.
Runtime: 88 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Sidney Lumet with Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam. Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American industrialist on board a luxury train immobilized by a snowstorm.
Runtime: 127 min.
G.-B. 1971. Drama by Michael Cacoyannis with Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave. After the fall of Troy, the women of the vanquished wait for their fate to be decided.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1971. History by Charles Jarrott with Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Nigel Davenport. The tragic fate of the Queen of Scots Mary Stuart and her disputes with Elizabeth of England.
Runtime: 128 min.
G.-B. 1971. History by Ken Russell with Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton. In 1631, a priest opposes an edict of the Cardinal de Richelieu and is accused by the nuns of having bewitched them.
Runtime: 109 min.

A Quiet Place in the Country

V.O.: Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna
It. 1968. Horror by Elio Petri with Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret. After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1968. Drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret. The son of an actress dreams of literary fame and falls in love with a young woman who leaves him for a middle-aged writer.
Runtime: 141 min.
G.-B. 1968. Biography by Karel Reisz with Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, James Fox. The passionate life of dancer Isadora Duncan.
Runtime: 138 min.
G.-B. 1967. Psychological drama by Tony Richardson with Ian Bannen, Jeanne Moreau, Vanessa Redgrave. On vacation in Italy with his mistress, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman who is looking for a young sailor.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1967. Musical by Joshua Logan with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero. At the court of Camelot in medieval Brittany, Guinevere, wife of King Arthur, falls in love with Lancelot, his knight in shining armor.
Runtime: 179 min.
G.-B. 1966. Mores drama by Michelangelo Antonioni with David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles. A photographer realizes that he has recorded a crime while working in a park.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1966. Dramatic comedy by Karel Reisz with David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Handl. An eccentric painter does the impossible to prevent his wife from divorcing him and remarrying.
Runtime: 97 min.

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