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India 1947. The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as Lord and Lady Mountbatten, and set against an exotic Indian backdrop at the time of the Raj, 'Viceroy's House' tells the incredible true story of the final months of British rule in India, and of the resilience of the human spirit. - Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Cast:
- Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal
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Jackson (David Morrissey) is an ambitious young police officer, saddled with the responsibilities of a wife and children. Myers (Timothy Dalton) is an escaped criminal turned informer, presumed dead. But as Jackson discovers while holidaying in Spain, Myers is very much alive. He has re-invented himself as Philip von Joel, handsome, dangerously charismatic and very wealthy. Extradited back to England after a nerve-wracking Scotland Yard operation, von Joel agrees to a deal with the police. He'll tell what he knows - but only if Jackson is his interrogator. So begins a deadly game of cat and mouse between the master criminal and his determined minder. Which comes first - duty or temptation? - Director:
- Geoffrey Sax
- Cast:
- Timothy Dalton, Timothy West, David Morrissey
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1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Aneurin Barnard) escapes the frustrating, privileged elite of Vienna to spend a few weeks in Prague. However, his unconventional presence soon unleashes a series of dramatic and tragic events, set off by a forbidden affair with young soprano Zuzanna (Morfydd Clark). Overwhelmed by the tangled web of lust, violence and intrigue that surrounds him, Mozart finds inspiration to create the astonishing and dramatic piece of music that will become the operatic masterpiece 'Don Giovanni'. - Director:
- John Stephenson
- Cast:
- James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard, Samantha Barks
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"Secret State" is a four-part political thriller inspired by Chris Mullin's novel "A Very British Coup", delving into the relationship between a democratically elected government, the military and the markets. In the run up to a general election, an accident on Teesside raises awkward questions about the safety procedures of a US petrochemical company, PetroFex. The Prime Minister claims to have secured a compensation package from them, but on his return from PetroFex HQ, his plane crashes in the Atlantic under mysterious circumstances. Deputy Prime Minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne) takes the reins and during his quest to find justice and the truth for the victims on Teesside, he uncovers a conspiracy at the heart of the political system. How will he deal with the powers at play? And can he remain that rare thing: a decent, honest man in politics? - Director:
- Ed Fraiman
- Cast:
- Gabriel Byrne, Ralph Ineson, Charles Dance
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Successful fashion designer Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) leads a secret double-life as a kinky prostitute called China Blue. But her life becomes complicated first by a zealous sex-obsessed street preacher (Anthony Perkins) who makes it his mission to save her soul by any means necessary, and then by a sexually frustrated private detective who discovers Joanna's dual identity. - Director:
- Ken Russell
- Cast:
- Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison
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The mayor of a small fishing village which has fallen upon hard times comes up with a radical plan to rejuvenate the community... entice a giant corporation to build their new factory in the village. But there's just one problem - in order to qualify, they must have a doctor in residence, which they don't have... When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence they believe their prayers have been answered, and hilarity ensues as the villagers rally together to charm him into staying. - Director:
- Don McKellar
- Cast:
- Taylor Kitsch, Anna Hopkins, Brendan Gleeson
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Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara and Corey Stoll co-star in the first original series from David Fincher and Beau Willimon. - Director:
- David Fincher
- Cast:
- Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
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It's 1944 and the threat of an Allied invasion grows ever stronger. Hitler entrusts the German defences to his greatest general, Field Marshal Erwin Ronimel (Ulrich Tukur), the 'Desert Fox'. As D-Day approaches, Rommel - the master strategist - faces opposition to his plans, clashing with the Fuhrer himself. With news of the Allied landing and their unrelenting advance, the highest ranks of the Nazi party-begin to turn on each other as the Third Reich begins to crumble around them. - Director:
- Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski
- Cast:
- Ulrich Tukur, Tim Bergmann, Rolf Kanies
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The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)Kvinden i buret / Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a disgraced detective who is reassigned to the newly created Department Q, a basement-bound job filing cold cases, and given a new assistant: Assad, a smart young cop. Although they receive explicit orders to only read and sort through the cases, Morck's stubborn nature throws them headlong into the mystery of a missing politician's disappearance five years earlier. Believing the case to be unsolved, they embark on a dangerous journey that will lead them into the dark underworld of Copenhagen. - Director:
- Mikkel Nørgaard
- Cast:
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Anne Bærskog Hauger, Per Scheel Krüger
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