List of the best Barbara Jefford movies: And the Ship Sails On(1983), Philomena(2013), Lust for a Vampire(1971), The Ninth Gate(1999), Where Angels Fear to Tread(1991), The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968), The Deep Blue Sea(2011), Madame Bovary(2000), Hitler: The Last Ten Days(1973) ... ...
Comedy
Italy|France
1983
128 Minutes
Freddie Jones Barbara Jefford Victor Poletti Janet Suzman Peter Cellier Elisa Mainardi Norma West Sarah-Jane Varley
journalist singer refugee sailor sea captain aristocrat offbeat unrestrained bleak amusing lighthearted striking cruise ship italy lifeboat surrealism battleship funeral opera destruction
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Drama
UK|USA|France
2013
97 Minutes
Sister Hildegarde
Judi Dench Steve Coogan Michelle Fairley Barbara Jefford Anna Maxwell Martin Mare Winningham Sophie Kennedy Clark Peter Hermann Ruth McCabe
pregnant teen television reporter adopted son nun irishwoman emotional gripping heartwarming ireland convent united states city town adoption teen pregnancy search friendship discovery love quest
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Horror
UK
1971
95 Minutes
Countess Herritzen
Ralph Bates Yutte Stensgaard Mike Raven Barbara Jefford Suzanna Leigh Helen Christie Pippa Steel
temptress raven history teacher gory finishing school castle vampires lust discovery 18th century
In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Spain
1999
133 Minutes
Baroness Kessler
Johnny Depp Frank Langella Lena Olin Emmanuelle Seigner Barbara Jefford Jack Taylor José López Rodero James Russo Tony Amoni Willy Holt Maria Ducceshi
new yorker collector widow young woman suspenseful creepy new york city paris spain book hell myth murder prophecy evil discovery quest 2000s
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
Drama
UK
1991
113 Minutes
Mrs. Herriton
Helena Bonham Carter Judy Davis Rupert Graves Giovanni Guidelli Barbara Jefford Helen Mirren Thomas Wheatley Sophie Kullman Vass Anderson Sylvia Barter
widow friend husband mother-in-law son poor person emotional passionate tender tuscany, italy countryside sussex, england road unlikely romance family disapproval childbirth death culture clash forbidden love
After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Dr. Ruth Faber
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia
2011
98 Minutes
Collyer's Mother
Rachel Weisz Simon Russell Beale Tom Hiddleston Harry Hadden-Paton Ann Mitchell Karl Johnson Jolyon Coy Sarah Kants Barbara Jefford Nicholas Amer
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Drama
2000
160 Minutes
Frances O'Connor Hugh Bonneville Greg Wise Hugh Dancy Eileen Atkins Keith Barron Desmond Barrit Adam Cooper Marian Diamond Claire Hackett Jenny Howe
adulterer doctor lawyer playboy wife engaging hedonistic passionate france provincial town house hotel marriage seduction boredom rural life money betrayal forbidden love temptation
The frustrated wife (Frances O'Connor) of a provincial doctor (Hugh Bonneville) seeks passion in 19th-century France.
Drama, History
UK|Italy
1973
106 Minutes
Alec Guinness Simon Ward Adolfo Celi Diane Cilento Gabriele Ferzetti Eric Porter Doris Kunstmann Joss Ackland John Barron John Bennett Sheila Gish
A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.