Joss Ackland Movies

Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack...

Poland 1939, shortly before invasion of the German troops. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to their...

Have you ever wondered what happens with your pet when you are not at home? A dog worried about its future, a lazy parrot and an aquarium full of...

Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon spent with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and...

Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for?

A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of...

The story is about Donald McGlone, the boy with chocolate fingers (his fingers are made of chocolate). Because he is different, Donald has no friends...

The 1974 finals in West Germany saw the emergence of "Total Football" in the shape of the classy Dutch led by the legendary Johan Cruyff. The Dutch...

Story of John Locke...

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth...

Set inside the crumbling walls of a dilapidated Victorian sanatorium, eight mysterious characters reveal their secret stories to the visiting camera....

Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation.

Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then...

True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.

A married man forms a liaison with a woman he meets on a train, and is divorced by his wife who allows him access to their daughters on Sundays,...

The life, background, motivation and struggles of Florence Nightingale.

The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it...

East-End housewife Maggie Proud (Vanessa Redgrave) has two demanding children, a selfish mother-in-law, and an amiable but uncomprehending husband in...

The shy Brown Bear falls for the beautiful White Bear and is bound and determined to make her his wife.

In this 2005 featurette, many key WATERSHIP DOWN animators and background artists recall their painstaking work on this landmark adaptation.