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John Stoll is a Production Designer and Production Design British born on 13 december 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
John Stoll (13 December 1913 – 25 June 1990) was a British art director. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Lawrence of Arabia.
(1962)
(Art Direction)
(1966)
(Art Direction)
(1970)
(Production Design)
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John Stoll
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Birth name Johann Leslie C. Stoll
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 december 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 25 june 1990 (at 76 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 december 1913 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 25 june 1990 (at 76 years)
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(1962)(Art Direction)
(1966)(Art Direction)
(1970)(Production Design)
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The Secret Garden (1990)
, 1h40Directed by Alan Grint
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Barret Oliver, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, Colin Firth
Roles Production Designer
Rating71%
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
, 1h48Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Alison Steadman, Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, George Costigan
Roles Production Design
Rating71%
Shirley Valentine is a 42-year-old Liverpudlian bored housewife whose life and initially enriching marriage has settled into a narrow and unsatisfying rut, leaving few real friends and her childhood dreams unaccomplished. When her flamboyant friend Jane (Alison Steadman) wins a trip for two to Greece, Shirley uncharacteristically puts herself first and accepts her invitation.
, 1h30Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Bo Svenson, Vince Edwards, Wolf Kähler, Vincent Van Patten
Roles Production Design
Rating52%
The film opens with Major Wright fighting alongside Italian partisans in a town near Turin. While the partisans battle the occupying German soldiers in the streets, Major Wright enters a bordello in search of Benito Mussolini. However, after shooting up a closet only to find a dead German officer, Wright is informed by one of the women that 'Il Duce' had already left town. Disappointed, Major Wright opens the window to the sound of the victorious partisans and lifts a glass of brandy to "Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Spencer Churchill."
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
, 2h23Directed by Jerry London
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Barbara Bouchet, Fabiana Udenio, Raf Vallone
Roles Production Design
Rating74%
In 1943, the Nazi military occupies Rome. Pope Pius XII (John Gielgud) is approached by General Max Helm and SS Head of Police for Rome Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Kappler (Christopher Plummer). The Colonel expresses concern that escaped Allied prisoners may attempt to seek refuge in the Vatican, and requests permission to paint a white line across St. Peter's Square in order to mark the extent of Vatican sovereignty. The Pope grants his permission, and when the SS officers leave, he sees out of the window that the white line has already begun to be painted.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
, 1h40Directed by Alan Hume
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet, Lesley-Anne Down, John Gielgud, Gerry Sundquist
Roles Production Design
Rating62%
Paris, au XVIème siècle. Quasimodo le Bossu, orphelin élevé par le tyrannique Frollo dans la cathédrale de Notre-Dame, fait la rencontre de la belle gitane Esmeralda et tente de s'ouvrir au monde avec son aide.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
, 1h40Directed by Alan Hume
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet, Lesley-Anne Down, John Gielgud, Tim Pigott-Smith
Roles Production Design
Rating62%
Frollo, l'archidiacre de Notre Dame est tombé amoureux de la gitane Esméralda. Accusée de vol il lui accorde l'asile mais elle refuse ses avances et s'enfuit. Quasimodo le sonneur de cloches difforme et bossu la rattrape, Pierre Gringoire, un poète de rue tente de la faire échapper mais se fait assommer par Quasimodo. Ce dernier est finalement intercepté par les hommes de la garde royale commandé par Phoebus. Esmeralda tombe amoureuse de ce dernier. Pendant ce temps Pierre Gringoire est capturé par l'assemblé des voleurs et des vagabonds qui le condamne à la pendaison. Esméralda refuse ce jugement et le prend pour époux (pendant quatre ans) uniquement pour lui sauver la vie. Quasimodo est condamné à recevoir le fouet et à être exposé au pilori, Esméralda a pitié de lui et lui donne à boire. Frollo, apprenant qu'Esméralda a rendez-vous dans un hôtel borgne avec Phoebus se rend sur les lieux et poignarde le militaire. Esméralda est capturée, soupçonnée, torturée, jugée et condamnée à la pendaison. Quasimodo la sauve et la fait se réfugier dans l'église. Phoebus a survécu mais se refuse à intervenir pour casser la condamnation d'Esméralda qui repousse toujours les avances de Frollo. Ce dernier demande donc au parlement un édit annulant le droit d'asile de la jeune femme. Apprenant la nouvelle, Gringoire pousse l'assemblée des voleurs et des vagabonds à attaquer la cathédrale pour tenter de sauver la jeune femme. Quasimodo se méprenant sur les intentions des assaillants les empêche d'entrer en lançant de lourds projectiles.
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
, 2h42Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Animation, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Alice Krige, Billie Whitelaw, Nigel Hawthorne, Flora Robson
Roles Production Design
Rating65%
Dickens' London-lawyer hero (Chris Sarandon) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves in Paris during the Reign of Terror.
Firepower (1979)
, 1h44Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Heist films
Actors Sophia Loren, James Coburn, Eli Wallach, Victor Mature, Anthony Franciosa, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Production Design
Rating51%
The FBI hires a former mafia hit man (James Coburn) to track down and bring in a powerful reclusive billionaire suspected of criminal acts for his own benefit. The man also comes into a conflict with a woman (Sophia Loren) tracking down the same crook for revenge reasons.
, 2h30Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, David Bradley
Roles Production Design
Rating70%
The film follows Paul Baumer, who during World War I enlists in the Imperial German Army with many of his high school friends, after being indoctrinated by their teacher (Donald Pleasence) as to the glory and superiority of German culture. After surviving training camp under the brutal Corporal Himmelstoss (Ian Holm), the young men board a troop train bound for the front lines. Ominously, at the same moment, they notice another train arriving in town loaded with wounded returning soldiers, who are carried off on stretchers. Once at the front lines, they are placed under the supervision of Stanislaus "Kat" Katzinsky, (Ernest Borgnine). Kat teaches them how to best take cover, how to find extra food, and other survival skills.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
, 1h40Directed by Mike Newell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about families
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter, Patrick McGoohan, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Louis Jourdan
Roles Production Design
Rating65%
L'adaptation du classique roman d'Alexandre Dumas : la lutte entre deux frères jumeaux pour le bien et le mal : l'un est emprisonné, visage caché dans ce hideux masque de fer alors que l'autre jumeau est l'élégant roi de France Louis XIV.
The Beast Must Die (1974)
, 1h33Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anton Diffring, Calvin Lockhart, Charles Gray, Ciaran Madden, Marlene Clark, Michael Gambon
Roles Art Direction
Rating55%
The millionaire Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites a group of people to spend some time in his rural English mansion, along with his wife Caroline (Marlene Clark) where he reveals that one of them is a werewolf, and therefore must be killed. The group is composed of:
Shaft in Africa (1973)
, 1h52Directed by John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Films about terrorism, La précarité
Actors Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Neda Arnerić, Vonetta McGee, Frank McRae, Spiros Focás
Roles Production Design
Rating59%
At home in his New York City apartment, John Shaft is drugged with a tranquilizer dart, then kidnapped and persuaded by threats of physical force, the promise of money, and the lure of a pretty tutor to travel to Africa (much of the movie was filmed in Ethiopia), assuming the identity of a native-speaking itinerant worker. His job is to help break a criminal ring that is smuggling immigrants into Europe then exploiting them. But the villains have heard that he is on his way.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Gordon Hessler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw, Grégoire Aslan
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
While sailing, Sinbad (John Phillip Law) comes across a golden tablet dropped by a mysterious flying creature. He wears the tablet as an amulet around his neck. That night, Sinbad has a strange dream in which he sees a man dressed in black, repeatedly calling Sinbad's name, and also about a mysterious girl with an eye tattooed on her right palm. During his sleep, a mysterious storm throws his ship off course, and the next day Sinbad and his men find themselves near a coastal town in the country of Marabia.
The Asphyx (1973)
, 1h39Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Alex Scott, Jane Lapotaire, Fiona Walker, Terry Scully
Roles Production Design
Rating61%
In Victorian England, philanthropic scientist Sir Hugo Cunningham is a part of a parapsychological society that studies psychic phenomena. As part of their latest investigation, the men have begun photographing individuals at the moment of death; done properly, the resultant photo depicts a strange blur hovering around the body. Though the society concludes that they have captured evidence of the soul escaping the body, Cunningham is skeptical.
The Darwin Adventure (1972)
, 1h31Directed by Jack Couffer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Nicholas Clay, Ian William Richardson, Robert Flemyng, Aubrey Woods, Denise Gyngell, John Baskcomb
Roles Production Design
Rating70%