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Katharine Schlesinger is a Actor born on 1 january 1963
Katharine Schlesinger, is a British actress niece of the film director John Schlesinger and great-niece of Dame Peggy Ashcroft. She starred as Catherine in the 1986 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
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Birth 1 january 1963 (61 years)
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Filmography of Katharine Schlesinger (4 films)
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Simon Magus (1999)
, 1h41Directed by Ben Hopkins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Stuart Townsend, Rutger Hauer, Seán McGinley, Noah Taylor, Amanda Ryan, Ian Holm
Roles Askha
Rating68%
A Jew named Dovid Bendel (Stuart Townsend) tries to revive his dwindling village by building a railway station next to it. The squire (Rutger Hauer) agrees to provide the land, on the condition that Dovid will read his poetry. A cunning business man (Sean McGinley) is also interested in the land and he tries to compete using money and threats. The film is named for the village fool Simon (Noah Taylor), who is in turn named for the 1st century magician Simon Magus.
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
, 1h38Directed by John Schlesinger
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Joanna Lumley, Campbell Scott, Katharine Schlesinger
Roles Lucy
Rating60%
Set in 19th Century London, the story focuses on Sweeney Todd (Ben Kingsley), a murderous barber whose business provides him with two profitable sidelines, the sale of his victims' jewelry and the disposal of their bodies to his mistress Mrs. Lovett (Joanna Lumley), who uses them to prepare meat pies for her unsuspecting clientele.
Young Catherine (1991)
, 2h30Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Julia Ormond, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller, Maximilian Schell
Roles Élisabeth Vorontsova
Rating73%
The year is 1744, and the beautiful young Catherine (Julia Ormond) is torn from her homeland to marry Peter (Reece Dinsdale), the heir to the Russian throne. However his aunt, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia (Vanessa Redgrave), rules the empire with an iron hand, and Peter proves neither fit for the throne nor the marriage bed. Treated as an outsider and at great risk from enemies who influence her husband, Catherine takes a lover and bears his child. Now, with help of her friend Sir Charles Williams (Christopher Plummer), she must take the throne by force if she, her young son Paul, and the Russian Empire are to survive.
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
, 2h2Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Shabana Azmi, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Geoffrey Bayldon
Roles Piano Student
Rating65%
Sushila et son fils Manek, des immigrés indiens, vivent chichement en Grande-Bretagne. Le jeune Manek a des dispositions pour le piano et sa mère confie son apprentissage à Madame Sousatzka, un professeur d’origine russe. Celle-ci pousse l’adolescent à exercer son art avec intransigeance en même temps qu’elle lui inculque ses propres valeurs morales, ce qui contrarie les attentes de Sushila…