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Jan Lustig
Born December 23, 1902 · Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Died April 24, 1979 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Knights of the Round Table · 1953Knights of the Round Table
★ 6.01953
MovieRomanceAction
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.
Moonfleet · 1955Moonfleet
★ 6.51955
MovieAdventureDrama
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
That Forsyte Woman · 1949That Forsyte Woman
★ 6.01949
MovieDramaRomance
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.
Young Bess · 1953Young Bess
★ 5.81953
MovieDramaHistory
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
The White Cliffs of Dover · 1944The White Cliffs of Dover
★ 6.71944
MovieDramaWar
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Reunion in France · 1942Reunion in France
★ 6.51942
MovieDramaRomance
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Torch Song · 1953Torch Song
★ 5.91953
MovieMusicDrama
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
Bad Seed · 1934Bad Seed
★ 5.71934
MovieCrimeDrama
A young man-about-Paris, cut off from his father's money, falls in with a picaresque gang of car thieves.
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