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Janet Suzman



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Janet Suzman - filmography


  • Leon the Pig Farmer on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Connie Booth,  Brian Glover,  Mark Frankel
    Director: Gary Sinyor,  Vadim Jean
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Leon (Mark Frankel), a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part-time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 353 members
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  • Nuns On The Run on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Eric Idle,  Robbie Coltrane,  Janet Suzman
    Director: Jonathan Lynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of petty crooks (Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane) who steal a million pounds from their gangster employer are forced to hide out in a convent--disguised as nuns. But they are not prepared for the characters they find there.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,549 members
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  • A Dry White Season on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Janet Suzman,  Zakes Mokae
    Director: Euzhan Palcy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardeners son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realise his society is built on a pillar of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 210 members
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  • Othello on DVD (1988)
    Starring: John Kani,  Richard Haines,  Joanna Weinberg
    Director: Janet Suzman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    After 400 years Shakespeare's great tragedy still has strong social and political relevance, and this celebrated production by leading actress and director Janet Suzman was momentous, as it was stage at South Africa's famous Market Theatre during the apartheid era. Tony Award-winning actor John ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 16 members
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  • The Singing Detective (3 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Michael Gambon,  Patrick Malahide,  Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this film noir spoof from Dennis Potter, mystery author Philip Marlow checks into the hospital with a bad skin condition, and his hallucinations project his psyche into his book's fictitious character, the "Singing Detective," and into his own boyhood memories. Featuring an award-winning ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,046 members
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  • And The Ship Sails On (1984)
    Starring: Janet Suzman,  Freddie Jones,  Barbara Jefford
    Director: Federico Fellini
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Federico Fellini's 1984 And the Ship Sails On is one of the late master's most fanciful projects, while simultaneously striking one of the most somber notes in the director's filmography. The year is 1914, the eve of World War I and the coming destruction of Europe's old, cultured aristocracy, an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 229 members
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  • The Draughtsman's Contract on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Anthony Higgins,  Janet Suzman,  Anne-Louise Lambert
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Peter Greenaway's first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most original films of the 1980s by British critics. The action is set in the director's beloved 17th century. Ambitious young artist Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins) is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,150 members
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  • Priest Of Love (1981)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Janet Suzman,  John Gielgud
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This biographical film provides insight into the life of renowned British author D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen), best known for his sexually explicit novel LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. In addition to exploring Lawrence's youth, PRIEST OF LOVE examines important events in Lawrence's personal and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 128 members
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  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Janet Suzman,  Peter Bowles
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Alan Bates and Janet Suzman are Bri and Sheila, a teacher and his wife who have created a comic character for their mute, severely disabled daughter (the eponymous ‘Joe Egg’). The cracks in their marriage become apparent when uptight acquaintances (Peter Bowles and Sheila Gish) come to visit and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 35 members
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  • Nicholas And Alexandra on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Michael Jayston,  Janet Suzman,  Laurence Olivier
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 554 members
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Janet Suzman facts

5 most recent films

Leon the Pig Farmer - 2.5 stars
Leon the Pig Farmer - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Nuns On The Run - 3.0 stars
A Dry White Season - 3.5 stars
Othello - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Dry White Season - 3.5 stars
The Singing Detective - 3.5 stars
Nicholas And Alexandra - 3.5 stars
Nuns On The Run - 3.0 stars
And The Ship Sails On - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Leon the Pig Farmer - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Othello - 2.5 stars
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - 3.0 stars
Clayhanger - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
Priest Of Love - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Harry Andrews - 2 times - show films
Brian Glover - 2 times - show films
Lynda La Plante - 2 times - show films
Maryam d'Abo - 2 times - show films
Mark Frankel - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jon Amiel - 4 times - show films
Federico Fellini - 3 times - show films
Vadim Jean - 3 times - show films
Gary Sinyor - 3 times - show films
Peter Greenaway - 2 times - show films