Peter Ustinov Movies

Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into...

A Milanese manager inherits a castle in Tuscany and moves there with his girlfriend and her little son, transforming it into a dog nursery.

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and...

The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her....

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to...

In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political...

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo -...

A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during the Vietnam War.

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein. Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel...

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

A selection of highlights from Sir Peter Ustinov's appearances on Parkinson. A look back at a multitalented writer, director, actor and ambassador...

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw himself off a roof. Before this final act, Sir Peter...

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's...

The owner of a building tyrannizes his immigrant tenants. Transformed into a dog by an old woman's curse, he experiences all the hardships of his...

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on...