Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ennio DeCancini
Cast: Alec Guinness, Adolfo Celi, Simon Ward, Diane Cilento, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eric Porter, Doris Kunstmann, Joss Ackland, John Bennett, Barbara Jefford
Set at the end of World War II, Hitler (Alec Guinness) is hidden away in his bunker with while his dreams of the Third Reich fall apart as the Allies close in.
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Lust for a Vampire 1971 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: To Love a Vampire
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Helen Christie, Pippa Steel, Mike Raven, David Healy, Michael Brennan, Harvey Hall, Jack Melford, Christopher Cunningham
This is the second installment of Hammer Films' vampire trilogy that is based (very loosely) on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla." Carmilla (Yutte Stensgaard), the lesbian vampire, is back and is attending an exclusive girls' finishing school in 1830–where the blood should be better.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Jiri Trnka
Cast: Richard Burton, Tom Criddle, Ann Bell, Michael Meacham, John Warner, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Hugh Manning, Josh Ackland, Alec McCowen, Stephen Moore, Barbara Jefford, Jack Gwillim, Roger Shepherd, Laura Graham
Shakespeare's play about star-crossed lovers is presented through Czechoslovakian Trnka's fascinating puppeteering. The English-language version is narrated by Richard Burton.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Paul Rogers, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Travers, Clive Swift
Several well-known stars–David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench, for example–join the cast of England's Royal Shakespeare Company to provide a good rendition of Shakespeare's fantasy.
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 The Ninth Gate 1999 R, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor, James Russo, Jose Lopez Rodero, Toni Amoni, Willy Holt, Allen Garfield, Jaques Dacqmine, Joe Sheridan, Rebecca Pauly, Catherine Benguigue
Dean (Johnny Depp) is hired to find two missing copies of a book that give the "recipe" for conjuring up the devil. The third book is held by the man who hired Dean–but only one book is the real one. As Dean travels through Europe, it is clear that he's not the only one interested in the books. Dark and moody.
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The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968  N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Clive Revill, Barbara Jefford
Based on Morris L. West's best-selling novel, this is the story of Pope Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn) who strives to prevent nuclear war.
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Ulysses 1967 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Strick
Cast: Barbara Jefford, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roeves, T.P. McKenna, Anna Manahan, Maureen Potter, O.Z. Whitehead, Fionnula Flanagan, Martin Dempsey, Sheila O'Sullivan, Graham Lines, Peter Mayock, Maureen Toal, Chris Curran, Eddie Golden
There are some good moments in this adaptation of James Joyce's masterpiece concerning Leopold and Molly Bloom's (Milo O'Shea and Barbara Jefford) streams of consciousness. The story takes place over a 24-hour period when impotent Leopold meets a young poet, Stephen Dedalus (Maurice Roeves). They visit a brothel, and sit up all night talking. After Stephen leaves, Molly, who is unhappy with Leopold, fantasizes about a possible affair with Stephen. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread 1991 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Rupert Graves, Barbara Jefford, Helen Mirren, Giovanni Guidelli, Thomas Wheatley, Sophie Kullmann, Vass Anderson, Sylvia Barter, Eileen Davies, Siria Betti, Anna Lelio
Wealthy and newly widowed Lilia Herriton (Helen Mirren) goes on holiday in Italy with her younger companion, Caroline (Helena Bonham Carter). In Italy, Lilia meets and marries the very unsuitable Gino Carella (Giovanni Guidelli). The marriage causes a clash between her deceased husband's family and Lilia. Matters worsen when Lilia becomes pregnant and dies in childbirth–leaving the Herriton family (Rupert Graves and Judy Davis) determined to take custody of the baby.
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| 1. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
2. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
aka: To Love a Vampire
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
5. The Ninth Gate (1999)
6. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
7. Ulysses (1967)
8. Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
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