Sarajevski atentat (1975)
Actors:
Josef Langmiler (actor),
Karel Hovorka (actor),
Jan Kuzelka (actor),
Hans Klering (actor),
Jirí Kodet (actor),
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge (actor),
Ferdinand Kruta (actor),
Otakar Brousek (actor),
Rados Bajic (actor),
Jan Hrusínský (actor),
Bogdan Diklic (actor),
Hannjo Hasse (actor),
Jirí Holý (actor),
Irfan Mensur (actor),
Viktor Maurer (actor),
Plot: Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. A World War would start there, that some claim has not yet ended - merely changed fighting grounds once in a while.
Keywords: 1910s, assassination, based-on-true-story, serb, world-war-one, yugoslavia
Genres:
Drama,
History,
Taglines: The fuse is lit . . . the seconds tick away . . .
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Actors:
Warren Mitchell (actor),
Oliver Reed (actor),
Philip Madoc (actor),
Ralph Michael (actor),
Harry Fielder (actor),
Philippe Noiret (actor),
Jeremy Lloyd (actor),
Roger Delgado (actor),
Kenneth Griffith (actor),
George Coulouris (actor),
Patrick Allen (actor),
Vernon Dobtcheff (actor),
Peter Bowles (actor),
Clive Revill (actor),
Curd Jürgens (actor),
Plot: The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.
Keywords: 1910s, assassin, assassination, based-on-novel, blimp, burnt-face, chase, corset, gadget, secret-history
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Comedy,
Crime,
Thriller,
Taglines: Zeppelins. Bombs. Bordellos. Burials. You name it. We have it.
Quotes:
Miss Winter: With your ideas, I'm surprised you're shocked at the thought of war.::Ivan Dragomiloff: Not at all. It's purely a matter of business. How can we charge our sort of prices with everybody happily killing each other for a shilling a day?
Miss Winter: Ivan!::Ivan Dragomiloff: Sir Ivan, if you please. Virtue, it seems, has been rewarded.
Lord Bostwick: A fallen horse near Piccadilly caused a terrible congestion. How the traffic will flow when it is all motorized.
Ivan Dragomiloff: What are you doing here?::Miss Winter: I thought this was a hotel!