Peter Ustinov Movies

Murder in Three Acts

63/100

Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Beau Brummell

64/100

In 1796, Captain George Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the army but is chosen as the Prince's personal advisor.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

41/100

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also ... See full summary »

Spione am Werk

70/100

A psychiatrist, desperate for money to keep his faltering practice running, makes a deal with a spy to hide a mysterious person in his clinic in return for a million francs. As soon as the ... See full summary »

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

53/100

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz (Peter Ustinov), soon ... See full summary »

Odette

71/100

This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. ... See full summary »

The Purple Taxi

68/100

With its mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.

Romanoff and Juliet

66/100

A "Romeo and Juliet"-inspired Cold War satire starring, written and directed by Peter Ustinov. A tiny but otherwise inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia holds the... See full summary »

Treasure of Matecumbe

63/100

In 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.

Maus und Sohn

71/100

Adaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding".

Viva Max

61/100

When his girlfriend tells him that his men wouldn't follow him to a house of ill repute, Max, a general...

Hammersmith Is Out

60/100

The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient (Burton) offers the innocent orderly (... See full summary »

Hotel Sahara

64/100

In WW2,desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.

The Man Who Wagged His Tail

69/100

A cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.

Grendel Grendel Grendel

70/100

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated in a Monty Pythonesque way by Grendel himself, the "monster" in the legend.

Memed My Hawk

63/100

In 1920s Turkey, young peasant Memed elopes with beautiful Hatche who was promised in an arranged marriage to the local potentate Abdi Aga's son and later joins a group of bandits.

Metamorphoses

65/100

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

Deutschlandspiel

76/100

Das Deutschlandspiel is a 2-part German TV movie produced 2000. It tells the story of German reunification. In addition to scenes the protagonists of the unification were interviewed. The game scenes are supported by original documents.

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

64/100

Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned to a boring week until they find a mouldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. But when ... See full summary »

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

55/100