
Edward Akrout
Actor · b. 1982 · Paris,France
Edward Akrout is a Franco-British artist and actor. Born in Paris, Akrout grew up between France and England. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before attending Le Cours Florent in Paris for theatre, followed by time at the National Institute in Bucharest. He lives between London, New York and Paris. Akrout moved to England where he studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Since graduating in 2008, Akrout has been prominent on both the screen and the stage. He is the grandson of Air Commodore Anthony Norman Davis (14 August 1918 – 1988) a British Royal Air Force officer who served as a pilot during the Second World War. Akrout is best known for his role as The Dauphin in The Hollow Crown. Other notable roles include Yves D'Allegre in The Borgias, Laurent Debienne in Genius: Picasso, Diego in Killing Eve and Edward Steichen in Rodin directed by Jacques Doillon.
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Movie5.9WarDramaSet between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.
Bitter Harvest
2017 · 90 votes
Movie5.0WesternActionAn outlaw named Guerrero Hernandez is shot in the back and killed whilst attempting to free his half-brother from a small-town prison. Making a deal with the devil, Hernandez returns from the dead to take his revenge.
Dead in Tombstone
2013 · 215 votes
Movie5.9DocumentaryCrimeLegendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
Voyeur
2017 · 179 votes
Movie4.7DramaRomanceAuguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.
Rodin
2017 · 62 votes
Movie4.8HistoryReturning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his inexorable quest for vengeance. As one by one they are slaughtered in the brutal battle, will the prince sacrifice everything an everyone to fulfil his quest for blood?
Sword of Vengeance
2015 · 93 votes
Movie5.9RomanceComedyVida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.
Love Is Thicker Than Water
2017 · 8 votes
Movie4.7ThrillerDramaA home invasion irrevocably changes the lives of all involved in ways neither victims nor perpetrator could have imagined
Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey.
2014 · 54 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceLove was their greatest rebellion. Set on the enchanting island of Mauritius in 1925, recently orphaned Lucy is sent to live with her charming but controlling uncle. When she defies his plans to marry her off for financial gain, she falls deeply in love with Krishna, a handsome local worker. But the world has other plans, and Lucy and Krishna must risk everything and defy the forces determined to tear them apart. Starring Ellie Bamber (William Tell, The Serpent), Rhona Mitra (Hollow Man, Red Sonja), Rupert Penry-Jones (Match Point, Spooks), Mehdi Dehbi (Messiah). Directed by Mitch Jenkins (A Million Days, The Show). Inspired by the lives of Alan and Maria Govinden and the book 'Prisoner of Paradise' written by Romesh Gunesekera.
Prisoners of Paradise
2025 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerRichard, a 30 year-old teacher, moves to East London, where he discovers gentrification: hipsters meet cockneys and immigrants in a tense environment. Richard is looking for a fresh start. He explores the East End: its nights, its drugs, its people - But the big city is not a welcoming place. Faced with rejection and abuse, Richard's past demons resurface and let loose his violent instincts.
Trendy
2017 · 3 votes
Movie4.7DocumentaryHistoryEngland, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of the extraordinary Norman warrior who became king.
MovieHorrorFollows a new mother who moves to a rural town. She begins seeing unsettling things on the home security cameras, questioning if it's stress or something sinister happening in their rundown house on the outskirts of the strange town.
MovieDocumentaryDuring a freezing cold winter night African migrants attempt to occupy a state-owned building in Paris.
Obstaculum
2023
MovieDramaMiserable critic, Brian Tanner, is famous for his vicious film reviews on his TV show Critical Eye. Over the years, he's grown to hate pretty much everything he sees, including his wife.
Critical Eye
2010
- Movie7.0Mystery
A disaffected couple are forced to face their demons when they become ensnared in the malefic cycle of a mysterious café.
Reflections
2014 · 1 votes
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TV7.5CrimeDramaThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Midsomer Murders
1997 · 375 votes
TV7.8CrimeDramaA drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Blue Bloods
2010 · 1K votes
TV7.7DramaCrimeFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Father Brown
2013 · 144 votes
TV7.1CrimeDramaDr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Bull
2016 · 407 votes
TV7.5DramaThe life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
Genius
2017 · 314 votes
TV7.9CrimeDramaA security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Killing Eve
2018 · 1.6K votes
TV7.6DramaCrimeSet in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
The Borgias
2011 · 534 votes
TV7.4DramaA series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
The Hollow Crown
2012 · 84 votes
TV6.9DramaCrimeErica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd to help track down a fiercely dangerous and elusive criminal she knows all too well. While Shepherd and Keaton have different motivations for bringing the enemy to justice, they both know that to catch a spy… they must think like one.
The Enemy Within
2019 · 129 votes
TV6.5DramaCrimeSir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · 48 votes