Peter Ustinov Movies

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him...

Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.

England in the second half of the 20th century. After a long military service abroad, General Fitzbatress returns home. He is greeted by his adult...

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

Così fan tutte, comic opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that premiered in Vienna on January 26, 1790. It is the last of his three...

Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To add insult to injury, he tells Victor he is...

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel...

With the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" commenced the remarkably successful cooperation between Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The first...

The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.

An Evening with Peter Ustinov is a fireworks of polyglot humour. Two-time Oscar winner and ennobled Sir Peter Ustinov in was an actor, writer,...

A documentary about Germany's last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II.

A curious fictional documentary filmed in London about two actors from the film "Death on the Nile," Peter Ustinov and Jane Birkin, who are...

Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale.

This is one of the Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this episode focuses on Diaghilev’s...

An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing political backdrop.

A classic live performance of Peter Ustinov, actor and raconteur, in which he shares his comical stories with a celebrity audience.

The British Embassy in a communist Eastern Bloc country: This is where diplomat Chris Caulker and his wife Iris live. In the middle of breakfast, the...

Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid...