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Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, film actor, theatre director and choreographer. A protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner.
Total trailers found: 23
01 October 1978
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
10 November 1966
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
18 January 1985
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
01 September 1956
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman.
17 December 1968
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
09 June 1958
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number.
03 June 1946
During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain.
24 November 1944
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
06 September 1948
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love.
18 October 1984
In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?
20 November 1972
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
06 May 1963
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
13 December 1977
Jamie Carr is a young man growing up in Bundaberg, Northern Queensland during the closing years of World War I.
04 April 1951
A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist.
24 April 1942
On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland.
05 December 1978
Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.
02 January 1948
Robert Helpmann explains, and dancers from the Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells troupes demonstrate, basic steps and movements of the dance as a new ballet is rehearsed and performed.
01 May 1990
Explores the early life and work of Robert Helpmann. Protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner, he had a dazzling career as an actor, choreographer, theatre director and film star.
18 July 1973
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery.
25 December 1970
Cinderella is helped to the ball by her fairy godmother in The Royal Ballet's version of the classic fairy tale, using Sergei Prokofiev's music and Frederick Ashton's choreography in a comic ballet.
01 January 1987
Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked.
