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Mercia ( /ˈmɜrsiə/, /ˈmɜrʃə/) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands. The name is a Latinisation of the Old English Mierce or Myrce, meaning "border people".
Mercia's neighbours included Northumbria, Powys and the kingdoms of southern Wales, Wessex, Sussex, Essex and East Anglia.
The name Mercia is still in use today by a wide range of organisations, including military units, public, commercial and voluntary bodies; and occurs as a female given name.
Mercia's exact evolution from the Anglo-Saxon invasions is more obscure than that of Northumbria, Kent, or even Wessex. Also, Mercia developed an effective political structure and adopted Christianity later than the other kingdoms. Archaeological surveys show that Angles settled the lands north of the River Thames by the 6th century. The name Mercia is Old English for "boundary folk" (see Welsh Marches), and the traditional interpretation is that the kingdom originated along the frontier between the native Welsh and the Anglo-Saxon invaders. However, P. Hunter Blair argued an alternative interpretation: that they emerged along the frontier of Northumbria and the inhabitants of the Trent river valley.
Actors: Bill Hunter (actor), Steve Bastoni (actor), Maurice Murphy (director), Carlo Giacco (composer), Maurice Murphy (writer), Maurice Murphy (producer), Genevieve Clay (actress), Lisa Hensley (actress), Caroline Stanton (miscellaneous crew), Rhiana Griffith (actress), Brooke Wilson (producer), Tara Jakszewicz (actress), Margaret Murphy (producer), Jim Burnett (miscellaneous crew), Peter Hayes (actor),
Plot: Peace within war. An adult voice narrates a story of childhood during World War II when he lived with his mother, brother, and sister on an estate in Australia's Hunter Valley, his father away fighting, and two Italian prisoners of war staying with them, in effect being his papa. They are joined by Jewish refugees from Berlin, a mother and daughter. There's heat between the German daughter, Rachel, and Joseph, one of the Italians, and there's an attraction between Dorothy, the head of the family, and Alfredo, the other Italian. A carriage accident, a tick, the local martinet, Madame Gutman's pride, and the change that comes with peace threaten to bring tragedy. Plus, father may return.
Keywords: 1940s, absent-father, absent-husband, arrest, australia, australian-soldier, autobiographical, bare-breasts, breakfast, brother-brother-relationshipActors: Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Pete Postlethwaite (actor), Alex Descas (actor), Struan Rodger (actor), David Tygel (composer), Sheila Fraser Milne (miscellaneous crew), Sergio Rezende (director), Justin Krish (editor), Robyn Aronstam (miscellaneous crew), Josette Simon (actress), Gavrik Losey (producer), Ana Magaia (actress), Gilberto Mendes (actor), Chris Austin (writer), Malangatana Valente Ngwenya (actor),
Plot: An exiled South African journalist goes to Mozambique in the early 1980's hoping to sneak into her native country. But she finds it impossible, and while stranded in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, she ends up discovering a place torn by a civil war, and true love.
Keywords: death-of-childActors: Laurence Olivier (actor), Vivien Leigh (actress), Shane Briant (actor), Brian May (composer), Jerome Ehlers (actor), Anthony Higgins (actor), Robert Threadgold (miscellaneous crew), Sandra Levy (producer), Edward McQueen-Mason (editor), Jacek Koman (actor), John Lee (actor), Roger Simpson (writer), Roger Simpson (producer), Gary Files (actor), Ross Dimsey (producer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Pat Garrett (miscellaneous crew), Suzanna Hamilton (actress), Lila Kaye (actress), Steve Sweeney (actor), Ian Emes (director), Ian Emes (producer), Ian Emes (writer), David Spiers (editor), Christopher Coll (actor), Jim Barclay (actor), Ann-Marie Gwatkin (actress), Holli Hoffman (actress), Clark Flanagan (actor), Beverley Martin (actress), Michael Waterman (actor),
Genres: Romance, Short,Actors: Peter Vogel (actor), Rudolph Cartier (director), Rudolph Cartier (writer), Erich Neuberg (producer), Jochen Brockmann (actor), Edith Almoslino (costume designer), Josef Krastel (actor), Hans Hagen (composer), Heinz Ehrenfreund (actor), Ulli Fessl (actress), Florian Kalbeck (writer), Walter Sihorsch (editor), Harald Vostrovsky (miscellaneous crew), Gerald Florian (actor), Raymond Bowers (writer),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Bill Shine (actor), Alastair Sim (actor), Terry Scott (actor), Eric Barker (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), Lionel Jeffries (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Peter Jones (actor), Lloyd Lamble (actor), Charles Lloyd Pack (actor), Kenneth Griffith (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), George Cole (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Terry-Thomas (actor),
Plot: To further the aims of the St Trinian's Marriage Bureau run by Flash Harry, the school contrives to win a competition with a European "Goodwill" trip as prize, to the horror of the Ministry of Education. Joe Mangan, father of a sixth former and hiding out at the school after a Hatton Garden diamond robbery, is persuaded to travel with the girls as their new headmistress, leaving the real one trussed up in the belfry. At least her arrival had allowed the remains of the Army unit sent in to keep order to evacuate.
Keywords: schoolgirl, sequel, sergeant, uniformActors: Richard Alexander (actor), Ferdinand Gottschalk (actor), Lionel Belmore (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), Mischa Auer (actor), William Forrest (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Clarence Burton (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), John Carradine (actor), John Carradine (actor), John Carradine (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor),
Plot: After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
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Genres: Drama, Short,There is a place
Reserved
For me and my friends
And when we go
We all will go
So you see
I'm never alone
There is a place
With a bit more time
And a few more
Gentler words
And looking back
We will forgive
(We had no choice
We always did)
All that we hope
Is when we go
Our skin
And our blood
And our bones
Don't get in your way
Making you ill
The way they did
When we lived
Oh, there is a place
A place in hell
Reserved
For me and my friends
And if ever I
Just wanted to cry
Then I will