
Schindler's List(1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.


“A true story of courage and human dignity.”
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Anthony Hopkins
Frederick Treves

John Hurt
John Merrick

Anne Bancroft
Mrs Kendal

John Gielgud
Carr Gomm

Wendy Hiller
Mothershead

Freddie Jones
Bytes

Michael Elphick
Night Porter

Hannah Gordon
Mrs Treves

Helen Ryan
Princess Alex

John Standing
Fox
The Elephant Man is a drama, history film released in 1980 exploring themes of friendship, london, england, escape, nurse, exploitation, biography. Directed by David Lynch, it stars Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

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