Alfie

Mar 29, 1966

1h 54m

★ 6.5

Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!

Overview

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Lewis Gilbert Productions

Alfie Trailers

Cast

Alfie Elkins

Michael Caine

Ruby

Shelley Winters

Siddie

Millicent Martin

Gilda

Julia Foster

Annie

Jane Asher

Carla

Shirley Anne Field

Lily Clamacraft

Vivien Merchant

The Doctor

Eleanor Bron

The Abortionist

Denholm Elliott

Harry Clamacraft

Alfie Bass

Humphrey

Graham Stark

Nat

Murray Melvin

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.

5.5

The Muscovite-Sorcerer

Jan 1, 1995

Tatyana’s husband left for the business trip. And right away the local ladies’ men begin to put the moves towards a young woman. At first she fights back, but under the pressure of good words and love-making she is ready to put up hands. But the husband’s returning makes allowances in the plans of all characters. Based on Ivan Kotliarevsky` vaudeville The Muscovite-Sorcerer, that, together with operetta Natalka Poltavka (Natalka from Poltava), was landmarks in the development of Ukrainian theater.

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0.0

Člověk odjinud

May 25, 1977

No overview available.

7.4

Nayola

Mar 8, 2023

In 1995, during the Angolan civil war, Nayola sets out in search of her missing husband.

4.5

Macbeth

Jan 16, 1987

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

5.0

A Moving Image

Oct 8, 2016

After a long absence an artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.

6.1

The Humans

Nov 24, 2021

Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears are laid bare.

5.8

The Quare Fellow

Oct 2, 1962

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.

5.0

Autobiography of a Princess

Oct 5, 1975

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.

5.8

The Merry Widow

Sep 5, 1952

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

6.0

Hot Spell

May 21, 1958

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart. Meanwhile, daughter Virginia is dumped by her boyfriend because she cannot help him with his career. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.

0.0

Murtovarkaus

Sep 27, 1926

Niilo, a son of a rich estate owner, is in love with a poor crofter's adopted daughter Heleena. However, on his father's orders, Niilo instead becomes engaged to Loviisa, a daughter of a wealthy landowner. When Niilo wants to call off the engagement, his proud and rejected bride begins to interfere with the lovers' relationship with the help of Penttula, who is said to be able to perform miracles.

5.0

The Man Who Changed His Name

Mar 1, 1934

A young woman begins to suspect that her wealthy, respectable husband may be an escaped Canadian murderer.

7.0

Innocent Sinners

Mar 25, 1958

A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.

7.5

The Katsuragi Murder Case

Jun 18, 2016

The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?

3.3

Laivaston monnit maissa

Jul 16, 1954

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

5.6

Diana

Sep 19, 2013

During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon.