List of the best Dirk Bogarde movies: A Bridge Too Far(1977), Death in Venice(1971), King and Country(1964), Our Mother's House(1967), Quartet(1948), A Tale of Two Cities(1958), Libel(1959), Despair(1979), The Password Is Courage(1962), The Night Porter(1974), Night Ambush(1958), The Sleeping Tiger(1954) ... ...
War, Drama
USA|UK
1977
179 Minutes
Lieutenant General Browning
Dirk Bogarde James Caan Michael Caine Sean Connery Edward Fox Elliott Gould Gene Hackman Anthony Hopkins Hardy Kruger Laurence Olivier Ryan O'Neal
military officer general soldier enemy brooding patriotic holland germany highway bridge battlefield world war ii horrors of war quest rescue 1940s
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1971
130 Minutes
Gustav von Aschenbach
Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Silvana Mangano Marisa Berenson Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Carole André Masha Predit Leslie French Franco Fabrizi
composer teen boy family member governess mother brooding intense venice, italy resort vacation beauty obsession cholera outbreak artistic struggle unrequited love forbidden love temptation 1910s
While recovering in Venice, sickly Composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
War
UK
1964
86 Minutes
Capt. Hargreaves
Dirk Bogarde Tom Courtenay Leo McKern Barry Foster Peter Copley James Villiers Jeremy Spenser Barry Justice
private captain military officer lawyer gritty bleak england battlefield courtroom horrors of war world war i desertion trial military trauma fall underdog 1910s
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1967
105 Minutes
Charlie Hook
Dirk Bogarde Margaret Brooks Pamela Franklin Louis Sheldon Williams John Gugolka Mark Lester Phoebe Nicholls Gustav Henry Parnham Wallace Yootha Joyce Claire Davidson
orphan mother deadbeat dad teacher neighbor creepy bleak tense house school england deception children vs. adults death debauchery family discovery growing up 1960s
When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal. Then their absent father, Charlie, reappears...
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
George Bland
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1958
117 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Dorothy Tutin Cecil Parker Stephen Murray Athene Seyler Paul Guers Marie Versini Ian Bannen Alfie Bass Ernest Clark Rosalie Crutchley
aristocrat soldier duchess marquis doctor attorney chilling melodramatic france paris french revolution poverty power struggle french history redemption forbidden love fall wretched excess sacrifice 1790s
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Drama
UK|USA
1959
100 Minutes
A shell-shocked World War II veteran with memory problems is accused of being an impostor by a former comrade.
Comedy, Drama
West Germany|France
1979
119 Minutes
Hermann Hermann
Dirk Bogarde Andréa Ferréol Volker Spengler Klaus Löwitsch Peter Kern Alexander Allerson Gottfried John Hark Bohm
In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?
Drama
UK|USA
1962
116 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Maria Perschy Alfred Lynch Nigel Stock Reginald Beckwith Richard Marner Ed Devereaux Lewis Fiander George Mikell Richard Carpenter Margaret Whiting
british soldier sergeant german soldier nazi prisoner of war leader charming hilarious patriotic playful prison camp germany united kingdom poland train station charles coward prison break sabotage world war ii bravery
British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.
Drama
Italy|France
1974
117 Minutes
Maximilian Theo Aldorfer
Dirk Bogarde Charlotte Rampling Philippe Leroy Gabriele Ferzetti Giuseppe Addobbati Isa Miranda Nino Bignamini Marino Mase Amedeo Amodio Piero Vida Geoffrey Copleston
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
War
UK
1958
93 Minutes
Major Patrick Leigh Fermor
Dirk Bogarde Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring David Oxley Cyril Cusack Laurence Payne Michael Gough Brian Worth John Cairney
major british soldier german soldier nazi hostage guerrilla fighter tense spirited crete cairo countryside world war ii capture dangerous assignment nazis military quest sacrifice 1940s
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
Drama
UK|USA
1954
89 Minutes
Frank Clemmons
Dirk Bogarde Alexis Smith Alexander Knox Hugh Griffith Patricia McCarron Billie Whitelaw Maxine Audley Glyn Houston Harry Towb Russell Waters Fred Griffiths
criminal psychiatrist wife maid melodramatic tense london household psychoanalysis adultery crime bad behavior reform deception discovery forbidden love 1950s
After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.
Western
UK
1961
129 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde John Mills Mylène Demongeot Laurence Naismith John Bentley Leslie French
catholic priest bandit parishioner atheist villager charming confident endearing rousing mexico village church home religious persecution religious beliefs atheism unlikely friendship respect forbidden love pursuit
In a small Mexican town, a Catholic priest (Sir John Mills) and a local bandit (Sir Dirk Bogarde) clash, but the brave priest ultimately wins the outlaw's respect.
Drama
UK
1958
115 Minutes
Flight Lt. Michael Quinn
During World War II, Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn (Sir Dirk Bogarde), a British officer stationed in Asia, is recruited by Army Intelligence, is tasked with learning Japanese to interrogate Japanese P.O.W.s and he falls in love with his pretty Japanese teacher "Sabby" (Suzuki San) (Yôko Tani).
Comedy
UK
1957
104 Minutes
Dr. Simon Sparrow
Dirk Bogarde Muriel Pavlow Donald Sinden James Robertson Justice Shirley Eaton Derek Farr Michael Medwin Martin Benson John Chandos Edward Chapman George Coulouris
intern doctor widow teenager patient nurse playful cheeky england hospital village boardinghouse office medicine ambition career romance jealousy struggle quest
Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash, and a quack ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1960
145 Minutes
Franz Liszt
Charles Vidor Dirk Bogarde Capucine Genevieve Page Patricia Morison Ivan Desny Martita Hunt Lou Jacobi Albert Rueprecht Marcel Dalio Lyndon Brook
pianist wife princess prince manager duchess emotional melodramatic rousing passionate switzerland paris concert hall vienna kiev, ukraine rome franz liszt divorce new love classical music
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Sir Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
Comedy
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Dr. Simon Sparrow
Dirk Bogarde Samantha Eggar James Robertson Justice Mylène Demongeot Donald Houston Barbara Murray Dennis Price Leo McKern Jessie Evans Ann Lynn
doctor mentor therapist woman patient intern cheeky emotional hospital england apartment romance misunderstanding medicine rehabilitation love transformation 1960s
Dr. Simon Sparrow's (Sir Dirk Bogarde's) love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar) is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the... See full summary »
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
Comedy, Drama
1968
100 Minutes
Sebastian
Dirk Bogarde Susannah York John Gielgud Lilli Palmer Margaret Johnston Nigel Davenport Donald Sutherland
mathematician singer traitor general suspenseful engaging cool england love government secrets love escape 1960s
An Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde) courts a colleague (Susannah York) while breaking an enemy code for a British spy chief (John Gielgud).
Mystery & Thriller
1955
84 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Margaret Lockwood Kathleen Harrison Kay Walsh Robert Flemyng Mona Washbourne
criminal murderer wife widow wealthy woman dark tense england household murder marriage deception may-december romance wretched excess discovery 1950s
An Englishman (Dirk Bogarde) gets away with killing his rich old wife, then tries it with a savvy widow (Margaret Lockwood).
Drama
1957
95 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Jon Whiteley Michael Hordern Maureen Swanson Cyril Cusack Bernard Lee
father son gardener diplomat emotional moving jail spain small town house coast father/son relationship jealousy unlikely friendship frame-ups family manipulation escape growing up transformation
An American diplomat (Michael Hordern) resents his son's (Jon Whiteley) friendship with their gardener (Dirk Bogarde) in Spain.
Drama
1967
105 Minutes
Stephen
Dirk Bogarde Stanley Baker Jacqueline Sassard Delphine Seyrig Alexander Knox Michael York Vivien Merchant Harold Pinter Freddie Jones
professor student fiancée beautiful woman somber emotional england oxford university road academia romance jealousy car accident midlife crisis infidelity temptation fall 1960s
A married Oxford don (Dirk Bogarde) lusts for a student (Jacqueline Sassard) amid academic high jinks and tragedy.
War
1953
96 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Ian Hunter Dinah Sheridan Bill Kerr Bryan Forbes William Sylvester Charles Victor Anne Leon Walter Fitzgerald Anthony Shaw Carl Jaffe
bomber pilot love interest gripping passionate england cockpit world war ii bombing retirement mission raids quest love 1940s
A grounded British wing commander (Dirk Bogarde) risks court-martial to make his 90th bombing run over Germany.
Action
1965
101 Minutes
Maj. McGuire
Dirk Bogarde George Chakiris Susan Strasberg Joseph Fürst Denholm Elliott Gregoire Aslan Colin Campbell Katherine Kath George Pastell Paul Stassino Nigel Stock
A British major (Dirk Bogarde) protects an American archaeology student (Susan Strasberg) from a terrorist (George Chakiris) in 1957 Cyprus.
Drama
1955
98 Minutes
Alan Howard
Dirk Bogarde Donald Sinden Virginia McKenna Basil Sydney Marie Ney Joseph Tomelty
englishman african native colonist woman doctor rebel thrilling emotional wild kenya farm village hut racism culture clash rebellion colonialism nationalism farming rivalry
Natives help an English farmer (Dirk Bogarde) and his white friends fight Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya.
Drama
1963
117 Minutes
Hugo Barrett
Dirk Bogarde James Fox Sarah Miles Wendy Craig Catherine Lacey Patrick Magee
servant aristocrat lover maid intricate suspenseful uneasy thrilling london apartment pub betrayal affair class conflict power struggle forbidden love metamorphosis mystery rivalry revenge
A crafty and obnoxious manservant uses his mistress and his wits to gain supremacy over his wealthy employer.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
100 Minutes
Melville Farr
Dirk Bogarde Sylvia Sims Dennis Price Nigel Stock Peter McEnery Donald Churchill Anthony Nicholls Hilton Edwards Norman Bird Derren Nesbitt
barrister wife criminal friend homosexual detective dark emotional tense london household courtroom homosexuality blackmail suicide investigation affair trial quest pursuit
A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Fantasy
Switzerland|France
1977
104 Minutes
Claude Langham
John Gielgud Dirk Bogarde Ellen Burstyn David Warner Elaine Stritch Cyril Luckham Denis Lawson
novelist sick person son alcoholic wife illegitimate son uneasy offbeat fascinating outlandish providence, r.i. house family madness writing alcoholism family dysfunction discovery mystery escape
A dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.
Drama, History
UK
1962
101 Minutes
Alec Guinness Dirk Bogarde Maurice Denham Nigel Stock Richard Carpenter Peter Gill David Robinson Robin Stewart Ray Brooks Peter Greenspan Anthony Quayle
captain lieutenant cabin boy sailor tense thrilling ship ocean naval warfare mutiny napoleonic wars leadership adventure rivalry 1800s
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Musical
UK|USA
1963
99 Minutes
Judy Garland Dirk Bogarde Jack Klugman Aline MacMahon Gregory Phillips Russell Waters Pauline Jameson Jeremy Burnham
singer mother doctor father son rousing melodramatic tender london england london palladium lost loves career vs. family singing mother/son relationship failed romance father/son relationship love discovery rivalry
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.
Crime, Drama
UK
1950
84 Minutes
Tom Riley
Jack Warner Dirk Bogarde Jimmy Hanley Robert Flemyng Bernard Lee Peggy Evans Patric Doonan Bruce Seton Frederick Piper Betty Ann Davies
police officers thief sargeant inspector woman suspenseful gripping somber police station london movie theater car robbery murder manhunt justice honor revenge sacrifice fall
The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.
Drama
UK
1952
86 Minutes
ira agent brother irishman police officer friend intense brooding suspenseful belfast, northern ireland cottage london countryside irish republican army brotherhood terrorism moral dilemma doubt political unrest discovery transformation
In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods.
War
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Flight Sgt. MacKay
Michael Redgrave Dirk Bogarde Anthony Steel Nigel Patrick Nigel Green Rachel Kempson
commodore sergeant airman crew member commander wife tense fascinating powerful airplane north sea dinghy ship engine room deck royal air force airplane crash sea rescue secret plans world war ii
The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.
Drama
1968
132 Minutes
Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown Hugh Griffith Elizabeth Hartman Ian Holm David Opatoshu David Warner
prisoner lawyer pretty woman bleak disheartening somber prison russia shop disillusionment prison imperialism anti-semitism meaning of life class distinctions fall discovery underdog 1910s
A government lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) tries to help a poor Jewish handyman (Alan Bates) railroaded for murder in czarist Russia.
Mystery & Thriller
1950
88 Minutes
Jean Kent Dirk Bogarde John McCallum Susan Shaw Hermione Baddeley Charles Victor Duncan Macrae
fortuneteller housekeeper sister brother-in-law lover sailor cheeky fascinating amusing england village house police station neighborhood shop investigation murder family neighbors deception
Acquaintances of a murdered fortune-teller give a police investigator diverse opinions of the victim's character.
Drama
1969
116 Minutes
Pursewarden
Anouk Aimée Dirk Bogarde Robert Forster Anna Karina Philippe Noiret Michael York John Vernon Jack Albertson Cliff Gorman George Baker Elaine Church
seducer banker schoolteacher ambassador politician intense passionate unrestrained alexandria, egypt seduction adultery israeli-palestinian conflict weapons espionage forbidden love mystery 1940s
A woman takes advantage of her friends and family in order to send arms to Israel to protect her position in Egypt.
Comedy
UK
1939
91 Minutes
Extra
George Formby Joss Ambler Dirk Bogarde Davy Burnaby George Carney Syd Crossley Meriel Forbes Hal Gordon George "Gabby" Hayes James Hayter Patricia Kirkwood
George (George Formby) is an old stable hand and is the only one who can control a jittery racehorse.
Comedy
1966
119 Minutes
Gabriel
Monica Vitti Terence Stamp Dirk Bogarde Harry Andrews Michael Craig Clive Revill Alexander Knox Rossella Falk Scilla Gabel Michael Chow Joe Melia
secret agent partner crime boss thief government official criminal campy playful thrilling sultry england island ship amsterdam hideout espionage heist undercover operations set-up suicide mission
An archcriminal (Dirk Bogarde) wants diamonds being guarded by a British secret agent (Monica Vitti) and her partner (Terence Stamp).
Romance
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Charles Prohack
Cecil Parker Glynis Johns Hermione Baddeley Dirk Bogarde Sheila Sim Heather Thatcher Frances Waring Charles Goldner Elwyn Brook-Jones Campbell Cotts Denholm Elliott
treasury agent civil servant amusing lighthearted engaging offbeat treasury department united kingdom inheritance money morality wretched excess 20th century
Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
UK
1969
144 Minutes
Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier John Gielgud Kenneth More John Clements Ian Holm Meriel Forbes Wensley Pithey Ruth Kettlewell Paul Daneman Corin Redgrave
recruiter soldier singer archduke franz ferdinand quirky profound emotional disheartening pier stage trenches united kingdom belgium brighton, england world war i family song and dance anti-war class distinctions growing up
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.