List of the best Peter Eyre movies: Dragonslayer(1981), Princess Caraboo(1994), Orlando(1992), The Golden Bowl(2000), Don Quixote(2000), The Pied Piper(1972), Dangerous Beauty(1998), Mahler(1975) ... ...
Fantasy
USA|UK
1981
109 Minutes
Casiodorus Rex
Peter MacNicol Caitlin Clarke Ralph Richardson John Hallam Peter Eyre Albert Salmi Sydney Bromley Chloe Salaman Emrys James Roger Kemp Ian McDiarmid
apprentice wizard king dragon princess woman engaging gutsy thrilling medieval kingdom cave urland daunting task expedition ritual sacrifice courage magic rescue rivalry quest
A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.
Drama
UK
1994
96 Minutes
Lord Apthorpe
Phoebe Cates Jim Broadbent Wendy Hughes Kevin Kline John Lithgow Stephen Rea Peter Eyre Jacqueline Pearce Roger Lloyd-Pack John Wells John Lynch
A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Fantasy, History
UK|Russia|Italy|France|Netherlands
1992
93 Minutes
Mr. Pope
Tilda Swinton Billy Zane Lothaire Bluteau John Wood Charlotte Valandrey Heathcote Williams Quentin Crisp Peter Eyre Thom Hoffman Jimmy Somerville Dudley Sutton
nobleman queen elizabeth i princess adventurer aristocrat offbeat cool london constantinople royal court russia party ship sex change immortality misogyny affair poetry rise transformation
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Drama
USA|France|UK
2000
134 Minutes
A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
Uma Thurman Jeremy Northam Kate Beckinsale Nick Nolte Anjelica Huston James Fox Madeleine Potter Peter Eyre
nobleman billionaire daughter friend adulterer intricate intense london household love affair infidelity deception forbidden love temptation 1900s
A man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.
Adventure
2000
116 Minutes
The Priest
John Lithgow Bob Hoskins Isabella Rossellini Vanessa Williams James Purefoy Lambert Wilson Amelia Warner Tony Haygarth Peter Eyre Lilo Baur Trevor Peacock
Accompanied by faithful squire Sancho (Bob Hoskins), Cervantes' chivalrous but misguided adventurer (John Lithgow) seeks his true love.
Fantasy
UK|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt Michael Hordern Roy Kinnear Peter Vaughan Diana Dors Cathryn Harrison Keith Buckley Patsy Puttnam
gypsy guitarist burgomaster daughter alchemist baron outlandish dreamy germany hamelin town black death wedding corruption folklore revenge love 14th century
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Drama, History
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Catherine McCormack Rufus Sewell Jacqueline Bisset Oliver Platt Moira Kelly Fred Ward Naomi Watts Jeroen Krabbé Joanna Cassidy Daniel Lapaine Jake Weber
aristocrat courtesan mother lover wrongly accused zealot powerful fiery passionate sultry venice, italy old city palace beauty poverty love power play suspicion book transformation
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Biography
1975
115 Minutes
Robert Powell Georgina Hale Richard Morant Lee Montague Rosalie Crutchley Benny Lee Miriam Karlin Angela Down David Collings Ronald Pickup Antonia Ellis
composer wife schizophrenic father student brooding creative offbeat train vienna opera house insane asylum gustav mahler father/son relationship anti-semitism failed marriage sacrifice quest 1870s
Composer Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) flashes back on his tortured life during his final train trip to Vienna.