Omar Sharif
Michel Dimitri Shalhoub, known as Omar Sharif (Arabic: عمر الشريف), also spelled Omar El-Sherif, born April 10, 1932 in Alexandria and died July 10, 2015 in Cairo, is an Egyptian actor. The son of a precious wood merchant, he grew up in a united Christian family with his parents and his sister. Enrolled at Victoria College, a prestigious British school in Alexandria, the teenager studied science, and foreign languages, and would later discover theater classes. A brilliant student, he continued his studies at Cairo University where he obtained his diploma in mathematics and physics. Caught up in his taste for acting, he was spotted at 21 by director Youssef Chahine who offered him a leading role in Struggle in the Valley (1954). The success was immediate, thanks to this role, the young leading man walked the red carpet of the Croisette at the Cannes Film Festival the same year. He became a star of Egyptian cinema then in full expansion, and collaborated again with Youssef Chahine (The Devil of the Desert, Black Waters). In 1962, he took on the role of Prince Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia under the direction of David Lean. This film, the first outside Egypt for the actor, marks the beginning of a long friendship with Peter O'Toole and a turning point in Omar Sharif's career. He won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and decided to leave his native country for Hollywood. In 1955, Omar Sharif married the Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, whom he met on the set of Struggle in the Valley, and for whom he converted to Islam. Their son Tarek was born in 1957. The couple separated when the actor decided to pursue his career in Hollywood. Their divorce was finalized a few years later in 1974. The actor, a polyglot, then began an international career. David Lean offered him a new emblematic role with Doctor Zhivago (1965) in which he played opposite Geraldine Chaplin. His filmography includes more than a hundred films. The actor nevertheless had a more unhappy period on the big screen with some commercial failures (And Came the Day of Vengeance, The Rendezvous, The Horsemen). He returned to success in the 2000s with Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Koran by François Dupeyron for which he was awarded the César for Best Actor in 2004. The same year, he starred in Hidalgo by Joe Johnston. Rarer on film sets, in 2009 he accepted the role of a painter suffering from Alzheimer's disease in I Forgot to Tell You alongside Emilie Dequenne. He appeared in his last film, Rock the Casbah by Laïla Marrakchi, in 2012. In May 2015, his son, Tarek El-Sharif, announced in an interview that Omar Sharif had Alzheimer's disease. He died on July 10, 2015 following a heart attack. His funeral took place on July 12, 2015 in a mosque in Cairo and he was buried at the Sayyeda Nefisa cemetery in the south of the city.
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt...
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Doctor Zhivago
as Dr. Yuri ZhivagoThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a...
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Hidalgo
as Sheikh RiyadhSet in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with...
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Top Secret!
as Agent CedricPopular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music...
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The 13th Warrior
as MelchisidekA Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of...
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Mackenna's Gold
as ColoradoA bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other...
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Funny Girl
as Nick ArnsteinThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedian and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to...
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10,000 BC
as Narrator (voice)A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
as SohamusIn the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the...
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Ashanti
as Prince HassanDr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this...
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Mayerling
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of AustriaCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over...
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Bloodline
as Ivo PalazziWhen her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer...
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St. Peter
as San PietroSaint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The...
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental...
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The Night of the Generals
as Major GrauA German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II....
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Green Ice
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The Burglars
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Genghis Khan
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Inchon
as Indian BrigadierGen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's...
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Funny Lady
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Che!
as Che GuevaraBiography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his...
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The Parole Officer
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One Night with the King
as Prince MemucanThis amazing biblical drama chronicles the brave and historic legend of Hadassah, a Jewish...
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Beyond Justice
as Emir Beni-ZairA woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings...
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Mountains of the Moon
as Arab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find...
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Juggernaut
as Captain Alex BrunelA terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs...
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Monsieur Ibrahim
as Monsieur IbrahimParis, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a...
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as DavichOne Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys...
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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
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The Tamarind Seed
as Feodor SverdlovDuring a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian...
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The Appointment
as Federico FendiLawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one...
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Behold a Pale Horse
as FranciscoManuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20...
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Marco the Magnificent
as Sheik Alla HouYoung Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own...
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Goha
as GohaAs far as can be determined, Goha was Tunisia's first entry in the Cannes Film Festival. Omar...
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Oh! Heavenly Dog
as BartBrowning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client. He...
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The Last Valley
as VogelPeople in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating...
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
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Poppies Are Also Flowers
as Dr. RadA special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across...
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The Baltimore Bullet
as The DeaconA tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
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Dark Waters
as RagabRagab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he...
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The Mysterious Island
as Captain Nemo1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in...
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The Horsemen
as UrazIn Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his...
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More Than a Miracle
as Prince Rodrigo FernandezA fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella,...
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A Castle in Italy
as Omar SharifLouise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their...
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The Possessed
as Stepan Trofimovich VerkhovenskyRussia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime...
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La Traversée du désir
as SelfWhat was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to...
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
as Marquis HippoliteAda Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to...
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Harem
as Sultan HassanA young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first...
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Pyramid
as Nakht (voice)Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe...
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The Blazing Sun
as AhmedA wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there...
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Our Best Days
as AhmadA poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her....
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Moscow in Madrid
as SelfWhen David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to...
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The Rainbow Thief
as DimaA petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash...
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Lie Down with Lions
as Safar KhanDoctor Peter Husak introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love...
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Mother
as HagopHenri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto,...
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Catherine the Great
as RazumovskyTrapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess...
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Heaven Before I Die
as Khalil GibranJacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of...
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Hassan and Marcus
as uncreditedA terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their...
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Crime and Passion
as Andre FerrenFinancier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers...
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Sleepless
as AzizSpoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries...
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Rock the Casbah
as Moulay HassanThe whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner...
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S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
as Baron Cesare MagnascoLavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal...
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588 rue Paradis
as HagopThis family drama is the sequel to director Henri Verneuil's autobiographical film, Mayrig. It...
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Pleasure Palace
as Louie LefevreStory of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las...
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Keys to Freedom
as JonathanThe keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the...
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Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as The KingThe saga of legendary African warrior Shaka Zulu comes to the screen in this continuation of the...
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Struggle on the Nile
as MuhassabNaïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up...
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The Right to Love
as PierreThe tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a...
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My Only Love
as AdelAdel and Mona are in love, and just as they were about to get engaged, Adel has an accident....
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The Lebanese Mission
as MokrirIn Lebanon, industrialist Hennequin, director of a French oil company, entrusts engineers Jean...
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Pasternak
as HimselfUsing still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian...
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Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but...
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Heavenly Sin
as uncreditedElite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who...
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The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as SelfDocumentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.
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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
as SelfA Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen...
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Eshaet Hob
as حسينHussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested...
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A Beginning and an Ending
as HassaneinA film that portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family: three brothers, their...
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The Mamluks
as AhmedAfter suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump the people and...
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Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
as NarratorBiography of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, narrated by Omar Sharif
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Mysteries of Egypt
as GrandfatherFilmed in IMAX, a young girl questions her grandfather about the alleged curse of King...
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Citizen Masrey
as Mayor Abdel Razek El-ShershabyThe story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq...
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A Man in Our House
as Ibrahim MohammedA Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which...
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Fire at My Heart
as Principe NicolaThe story of Eugenio, young soldier of the Napoleonic army, in the Napoli of 1815 after the era...
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Rendezvous with a Stranger
as MagdiA classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious...
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Les pyramides bleues
as AlexElise is content being the lover of Alex, a wealthy magnate who lavishes her with attention and...
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The Devil of the Desert
as EssamEssam, a young bedouin who discovers the cruel tyranny of his ruler after people from his tribe...
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Ghaltet Habibi
as SalahSalah and his cousin Souad promise to marry each other. Salah’s uncle asks him to collect...
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The Traveller
as HassanLove, passion, responsibility and loss follow a man over the course of half a century in this...
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The River of Love
as KhalidNahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
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Agony of Love
as uncreditedAmal marries the train driver Mahmoud, who treats her harshly. She feels neglected despite her...
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Laughter, Joy, Work and Love
as uncreditedDuring 1968 , in the Heliopolis area, a group of school students live for fun and pleasure, and...
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For the Sake of a Woman
as ShokriInsurance representative of the client rich go to the work of an insurance policy, a wealthy...
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Ayoub
as Ayoub/Abdul Hamid Al-SukkariAn aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried...
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Sayedat el kasr
as AdelA chance meeting at an auction brings together Sawsan, a working-class girl and Adel, heir to a...
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The Puppeteer
as Mohamed Gad Al-KarimMuhammad Jad al-Karim Aragouz in the village, he had a son and he was Bahloul, he was able to...
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
as Self - PresenterThe DVD companion to the museum exhibition "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"...
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Scandal in Zamalek
as uncreditedA man and his sister-in-law are suspects in a murder; they do not know that the man's wife is...
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Land of Peace
as AhmedThe film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free...
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Beach of Secrets
as Mamduh Ezzat"Alia" back to Port Said, to her brother's house to spend the day with him, Garret student...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
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Gulliver's Travels
as SorcererDr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them...
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The Last Templar
as KonstantineThe Last Templar is a four-hour Canadian miniseries, based on the 2005 novel The Last Templar,...
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Peter the Great
as Prince Feodor RomodanovskyPeter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian...
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The Far Pavilions
as Koda DadAdapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two...
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Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
as Czar Nicholas IIAnastasia: The Mystery of Anna is a 1986 TV movie, starring Amy Irving, Rex Harrison, Olivia de...
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The Ten Commandments
as JethroOne biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses, the...
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St. Peter
as PietroThe life of Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his...
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Memories of Midnight
as Constantin DemirisCatherine lost her memory and wound up in a convent in the care of nuns. She tries to discover...
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The Mind of David Berglas
as uncreditedDavid Berglas is psychological illusionist and mentalist. In the UK he caused a sensation with...
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Kronprinz Rudolf
as Hans CanonDrama about the last ten years of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.
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