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  • Hotel Du Lac
  • Hotel Du Lac review by from Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Enchanting...... 10 November 2004
    ...A beautifully acted and observed piece of drama with both Anna Massey and Denholm Elliot particularly shining. Some of the characters may have been a little stereotypical ...  
  • Pallisers, The - Part 3
  • Pallisers, The - Part 3 review by srb from Richmond, Surrey
    Rated - 4 stars Victorian soap that has everything 17 January 2006
    ...osity about which of his admirers he'll end up with - the tragic Laura Kennedy (Anna Massey) or the not-quite-respectable Madame Max (Barbara Murray)? All that, and at ...  

Anna Massey - filmography


  • Affinity on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Anna Madeley,  Zoe Tapper,  Domini Blythe
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - a medium. Set in the 1870s.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,727 member
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  • An Angel For May on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Wilkinson,  Hugo Speer,  Anna Massey
    Director: Harley Cokeliss
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After stumbling upon a portal to the past in the ruins of an old Yorkshire farmhouse, Tom, a troubled schoolboy, is whisked back to the time of the Second World War. With a loveable sheep dog named Tess as his only guide, he meets Sam Wheeler, a kindly farmer (Tom Wilkinson) and May, an orphaned ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 131 members
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  • Room To Rent (2000)
    Starring: Rupert Graves,  Juliette Lewis,  Said Taghmaoui
    Director: Khaled Hagar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter who is determined to make it big in London, however, the odds are stacked against him, he has no money, nowhere to live and his visa is about run out...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Captain Jack on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Sadie Frost,  Peter McDonald
    Director: Robert Young
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bob Hoskins stars in this charming high seas adventure as Captain Jack, a tough, aging seaman whose travels are now restricted to ferrying tourists around Whitby Bay. Fed up with his now staid life, Jack to decides to retrace the steps of his hero, Captain Scorseby, who sailed from England to Jan ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 252 members
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  • Driftwood on DVD (1997)
    Starring: James Spader,  Anne Brochet,  Barry McGovern
    Director: Ronan O'Leary
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On a desolate shore searching for driftwood, Sarah discovers a man lying on the water's edge in need of help. Back in her wooden cottage she tries to find out where he has come from and how he came to be on the shore. She soon becomes obsessed with her handsome find and tries to convince him that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 139 members
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  • Impromptu on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Judy Davis,  Julian Sands,  Emma Thompson
    Director: James Lapine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An exploration of the relationship between female writer George Sand and composer Frederic Chopin. Sand (Judy Davis) who dresses up as a man, becomes enraptured by Chopin (Hugh Grant). Life becomes rather amusing when Sand shows up as an unexpected party guest at the royal mansion of the Baron and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 347 members
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  • A Hazard Of Hearts (1987)
    Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter,  Edward Fox,  Fiona Fullerton
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the best-selling book by Barbara Cartland, this romantic story follows the life of Serena, the daughter of a gambling-mad Lord. Her life seems doomed when she is married off to a debauched nobleman to pay off a gambling debt, until the handsome Lord Vulcan intervenes.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 169 members
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  • Hotel Du Lac on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Anna Massey,  Denholm Elliott,  Patricia Hodge
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BBC TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Anita Brookner, which vividly brings to life the characters and atmosphere of the elegant Hotel Du Lac. It is a production of wit, charm, and beautifully observed detail filmed amid the mountains and lakes of Switzerland.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 437 members
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  • The Chain (1985)
    Starring: Warren Mitchell,  Nigel Hawthorne,  Denis Lawson
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Comical British comedy which takes a sideways look at the potential minefield of moving house, a minefield made even more explosive by the inclusion of such virulent vices as ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 38 members
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  • Vault Of Horror on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Curt Jurgens,  Terry-Thomas,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Made by Amicus—the studio that dripped blood—and directed by Roy Ward Baker (ASYLUM), THE VAULT OF HORROR is a collection of five horror tales taken from the E.C. Comic books of the 1950s. The stories are revealed by five men in the form of their recurring dreams.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 423 members
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  • Frenzy on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Jon Finch,  Alec McCowen,  Barry Foster
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FRENZY was Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film--and the first film he'd made in England in 20 years. Based on an Arthur La Bern novel, the film focuses on many of the same motifs that Hitchcock had obsessively examined throughout his life's work: the wrong man theme, doubling (in which one person ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,248 members
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  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Carol Lynley,  Keir Dullea
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This classic psychological thriller from Otto Preminger (BONJOUR TRISTESSE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) stars Carol Lynley as Ann Lake, a single mum who has just moved to London with her young daughter, Bunny. When she arrives to pick Bunny up from nursery school, she finds that her daughter has ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12 members
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  • Peeping Tom on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Carl Boehm,  Moira Shearer,  Anna Massey
    Director: Michael Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Mark Lewis, assistant cameraman at a London film studio, aspiring movie director, part-time taker of pornographic pictures, and amateur documentary film-maker, has begun murdering women. He kills them, literally, with his camera and films the attacks and the murders. He also surrepititiously films ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,298 members
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  • Sweet William on DVD
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Jenny Agutter,  Anna Massey
    Director: Claude Whatham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As soon as she meets William (Sam Waterston), Ann (Jenny Agutter) finds herself drawn to him. Their whirlwind romance is rapidly consummated and they decide to live together in Ann's flat. However, Ann soon discovers that William is also in a relationship with her friend Pamela…and is also married…..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 33 members
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  • The Machinist to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
    Director: Brad Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 102 minutes
    Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) hasn't slept in a year. The shocking deterioration of his physical and mental health has made his every waking moment an unrelenting state of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror. His only solace from this living nightmare comes from an affectionate ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 50 members
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Anna Massey facts

5 most recent films

Midsomer Murders - Secrets And Spies - 3.5 stars
Tess Of The D'Ubervilles - 4.0 stars
Affinity - 3.0 stars
The Oxford Murders - 2.5 stars
The Gigolos - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Tess Of The D'Ubervilles - 4.0 stars
Pallisers, The - Part 3 - 3.5 stars
Midsomer Murders - Written In Blood - 3.5 stars
Pallisers, The - Part 2 - 3.5 stars
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Room To Rent - 2.5 stars
Sweet William - 2.5 stars
The Robinsons - 3.0 stars
The Chain - 3.0 stars
Bunny Lake Is Missing - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philip Latham - 3 times - show films
Barbara Murray - 3 times - show films
Susan Hampshire - 3 times - show films
John Nettles - 2 times - show films
Denholm Elliott - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Hugh David - 3 times - show films
Brad Anderson - 2 times - show films
David Giles - 2 times - show films
David Blair - 1 times - show films
Oliver Parker - 1 times - show films