| Biography: His father was the Judge of Mayence (Mainz) and his mother, who was half-English, was a singing teacher. Since the family was Jewish, the teenage Ferdinand was sent to England to stay with his aunt Lee Hutchinson, a noted photographer and sculptress. His parents were briefly interned in Buchenwald, but his mother's English connections enabled them also to get to England before war broke out. |
Knight Moves (1992)Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 |
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A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster’s innocence as the string of grisly murders continues. |
Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957)Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 |
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The headmistress of St Trinian’s is jailed, and to try and keep order, the army and the police are called in, they don’t stand a chance. This time the hellcats of St. Trinian’s want to get to Italy where a rich playboy wants to select one of them as his wife (little does he know what he’s letting himself in for). To get to Italy in term time they have to win an essay writing competition, it’s easy when you know how. In Europe they run amok and become involved in jewel theft and their normal brand of chaos. |
Where Eagles Dare (1968)Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 |
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In 1944, an American General is shot down over a heavily defended German fortress and imprisoned within. A rescue attempt is at once launched by British Intellegence, since the General must be liberated before being made to reveal Allied plans for an invasion of France. As the mission unfolds, however, double and triple agents begin to appear in the ranks of the rescue team with the added mystery of an American Lieutenant assigned to the mission for reasons unknown. |
Conan the Destroyer (1984)Saturday, August 25th, 2007 |
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Princess Jehnna has been captured by a sorcerer, so the evil queen Taramis (who wants to sacrifice Jehnna and take the throne for ever) asks from Conan to find her and bring her back to the castle. Conan accepts, because Taramis has magical powers and thus she is the only person who can bring his dead love back in life. |
