David Hare

Most Popular David Hare Trailers

Total trailers found: 43

Joe Papp in Five Acts Trailer (2012)

30 April 2012

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him.

Getsemani Trailer (2011)

17 October 2011

Inspired by the behind-the-scenes of the British Labor Party and Tony Blair's team, the author reveals the brutal mechanisms of the game with and for power, the behind-the-scenes of big politics, full of corruption and hypocrisy.

The Reader Trailer (2008)

10 December 2008

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war.

Knuckle Trailer (1975)

04 June 1975

Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.

Damage Trailer (1992)

02 December 1992

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

The Secret Rapture Trailer (1993)

12 September 1993

Upon her father's death, a woman comes into emotional and psychological conflict with her young lover, her overbearing sister and her alcoholic stepmother.

The White Crow Trailer (2018)

31 August 2018

The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War.

Turks & Caicos Trailer (2014)

20 March 2014

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life.

Dreams of Leaving Trailer (1980)

17 January 1980

William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Then he met Caroline and so it began, that very strange summer .

National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running Trailer (2019)

15 January 2019

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision.

Salting the Battlefield Trailer (2014)

27 March 2014

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment.

The Hours Trailer (2002)

27 December 2002

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears.

Page Eight Trailer (2011)

28 August 2011

Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.

Paris by Night Trailer (1989)

18 April 1989

Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.

My Zinc Bed Trailer (2008)

27 August 2008

A recovering alcoholic becomes involved with his boss's wife, a former cocaine addict.

Saigon: Year Of The Cat Trailer (1983)

29 November 1983

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest).

Heading Home Trailer (1991)

13 January 1991

The story of a woman who falls in love with two very different men in post World War II London.

Beat the Devil Trailer (2021)

11 November 2021

Drama by David Hare in which Ralph Fiennes stars as the playwright, recounting his experience of contracting Covid-19 on the day lockdown was announced in the UK.

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage Trailer (2016)

30 December 2016

This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

The Absence of War Trailer (1995)

18 May 1995

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign.

Wall Trailer (2017)

25 September 2017

Writer David Hare explores the reality of the wall separating Israel and Palestine.

Strapless Trailer (1989)

14 May 1989

An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life.

Brassneck Trailer (1975)

22 May 1975

Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s.

Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today Trailer (2020)

12 October 2020

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies.

Wetherby Trailer (1985)

19 June 1985

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

Denial Trailer (2016)

30 September 2016

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Alan Clarke: His Own Man Trailer (2000)

18 September 2000

British film-maker Alan Clarke was championed by the likes of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Ray Winstone - Stephen Frears even called him the best.

Licking Hitler Trailer (1978)

10 January 1978

1941 and the upper class Anna Seaton is hired as part of an allied radio propaganda project, creating disinformation about the Nazi war effort.

The Designated Mourner Trailer (1997)

23 May 1997

Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.

Art, Truth and Politics Trailer (2006)

01 March 2006

Nobel Lecture delivered on video by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature Harold Pinter (1930–2008), who was at the time hospitalised and unable to travel to Stockholm to deliver it in person.

Brexit Shorts: Time to Leave Trailer (2017)

19 June 2017

In her garden in the Home Counties, leave-vote Eleanor wonders why the Brexit vote hasn’t made her happier.

The Devil's Legacy Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

British horror short from 1962.

Via Dolorosa Trailer (2000)

15 January 2000

In this one-man Broadway production directed for the stage by Stephen Daldry, acclaimed screenwriter-playwright David Hare recounts his eye-opening journey to Israel and Palestine.

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing Trailer (2001)

25 August 2001

Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New York who became the only female photojournalist to cover the Second World War.

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Trailer (2017)

11 October 2017

Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.

Man Above Men Trailer (1973)

19 March 1973

Max Glanville, a judge whose attention wanders throughout a trial for criminal assault, makes an error in the sentence - which he has to correct.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change Trailer (2000)

20 September 2000

Following World War I, Indy - now fluent in several languages - works as a translator at the controversial Paris Peace Conference, where he once more meets Lawrence of Arabia, and encounters the Arab Prince Faisal and a young Ho Chi Minh.

National Theatre Live: Skylight Trailer (2014)

24 July 2014

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.

Plenty Trailer (1985)

20 September 1985

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own.

National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy Trailer (2022)

26 May 2022

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever.

Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

This documentary tells the story of the history of Ballyfin, how it played an important role in the political, artistic and social life of nineteenth century Ireland, and how it was abandoned by its Anglo-Irish owners at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Trailer (2016)

13 June 2016

A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.