Hector Abbas

Movies16

• Movie6.6

  WarDrama

  During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.

  One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

  1942 · 46 votes

• Movie6.5

  Comedy

  Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.

  Gypsy Melody

  1936 · 2 votes

• Movie9.0

  Thriller

  “Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.

  The Man Who Made Diamonds

  1937 · 1 votes

• Movie7.1

  AdventureDrama

  Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

  "Pimpernel" Smith

  1941 · 32 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

  The School for Scandal

  1930 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Science Fiction

  The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.

  The First Men in the Moon

  1919 · 2 votes

• Movie4.3

  Comedy

  Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

  Old Mother Riley's Circus

  1941 · 7 votes

• Movie6.8

  DramaHistory

  A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.

  Rembrandt

  1936 · 38 votes

• Movie8.0

  WarDrama

  Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.

  Bolibar

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  RomanceHistory

  During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.

  Madame Guillotine

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie7.4

  DramaFantasy

  Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.

  The Wandering Jew

  1933 · 7 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

  The Common Touch

  1941 · 4 votes

• Movie7.0

  Lord Byron's wife leaves him after a jealous lady plots his ruin.

  A Prince of Lovers

  1922 · 1 votes

• Movie6.0

  MysteryCrime

  Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.

  The Roof

  1933 · 6 votes

• Movie7.0

  'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)

  The Wandering Jew

  1923 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.

  Fate's Plaything

  1920 · 1 votes