Simon Callow Movies

  • 2002
    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

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    Based on Dava Sobel’s bestselling book, Galileo’s Daughter, this documentary reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist...

    Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens
  • 1996
    An Audience with Charles Dickens

    An Audience with Charles Dickens

    An Audience with Charles Dickens

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    A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

    An Audience with Charles Dickens
  • 1993
    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

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    Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the...

    Femme Fatale
  • 1987
    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

    Cariani and the Courtesans

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    When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

    Cariani and the Courtesans
  • 2000
    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote

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    A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote.

    Animated Epics: Don Quixote
  • 1985
    Honour, Profit & Pleasure

    Honour, Profit & Pleasure

    Honour, Profit & Pleasure

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    British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel

    Honour, Profit & Pleasure
  • 2006
    Reviving Harry Lime

    Reviving Harry Lime

    Reviving Harry Lime

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    Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.

    Reviving Harry Lime
  • 2006
    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

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    Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

    Men of Mystery
  • 1990
    Old Flames

    Old Flames

    Old Flames

    01990HD

    Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and...

    Old Flames
  • 1989
    Revolutionary Witness

    Revolutionary Witness

    Revolutionary Witness

    01989HD

    Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

    Revolutionary Witness
  • 1981
    The Man of Destiny

    The Man of Destiny

    The Man of Destiny

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    One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it...

    The Man of Destiny
  • 2002
    Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

    Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

    Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

    02002HD

    This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical...

    Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening