Derek Winnert

Die Nibelungen **** (1924, Paul Richter, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Theodor Loos, Gertrud Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 8703

Director Fritz Lang’s 1924 German silent classic The Nibelungen [Die Nibelungen] stars Paul Richter as Siegfried, who marries the princess of Burgundy, Kriemhild (Margarete Schön) but Queen Brunhilde (Hanna Ralph) plans his murder. Lang’s beautifully […]

Jul, 13 · in Reviews

A Month in the Country *** (1987, Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson, Patrick Malahide, Tony Haygarth, Richard Vernon, Jim Carter) – Classic Movie Review 8702

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1987 British drama A Month in the Country is a subtle film version of J L Carr’s novel, made with TV in mind but promoted to a cinema release. The tale is […]

Jul, 13 · in Reviews

Monterey Pop **** (1968, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar) – Classic Movie Review 8701

It is time to get your love beads and purple velour pants for the 1968 classic rockumentary Monterey Pop by director D A Pennebaker of the legendary rock music festival concert (pre-dating Woodstock) that started […]

Jul, 13

Antony and Cleopatra ** (1972, Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8700

Director Charlton Heston’s 1972 Antony and Cleopatra gives Heston his chance to play Marc Antony in this school-play-type film version of the Shakespearean tragedy. Heston looks noble and is full of enthusiasm but is unsubtle […]

Jul, 12

A Pair of Briefs ** (1962, Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda de Banzie, James Robertson Justice, Roland Culver, Liz Fraser, Ron Moody) – Classic Movie Review 8699

Director Ralph Thomas’s 1962 A Pair of Briefs comes with an innuendo-laden title that is just about the funniest thing in this draggy and dated British black and white comedy about young battling barristers (Michael […]

Jul, 12

All Creatures Great and Small *** (1975, Simon Ward, Anthony Hopkins, Lisa Harrow, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8698

Fans of the BBC TV series will be surprised to find All Creatures Great and Small has a different cast for the 1975 film version, with Simon Ward as nice young assistant vet James Herriot, […]

Jul, 12

Zulu Dawn ** (1979, Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Michael Jayston, Ronald Pickup, Bob Hoskins, Ronald Lacey, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8697

A fine cast is generally reliable if not particularly well used in director Douglas Hickox’s 1979 Zulu Dawn, a prequel to the 1964 Zulu, which focuses on the stubborn British commanders who lead their troops […]

Jul, 12

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