2 Movies Starring Andrew Buchan

The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-06

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK, Germany

IMDB Ratings:

(680 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Fullplot:

Part one:- In 1942,the Laconia,an old British cruise liner turned troop ship, is returning to Liverpool from Egypt with civilian passengers and Italian prisoners. Its guns are outdated, its captain, Sharp, lost his last ship and the Italians, unhappy at being caged below the water line, are tormented by their Polish guards. Third officer Mortimer learns that his family have been killed in an air raid and seeks comfort with Hilda Smith, a mysterious widow who seems to have visited Germany recently. At that moment the ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat, whose humane captain, Kapitanleutnant Werner Hartenstein, learning that the Laconia was not a warship, decides to rescue the survivors, bringing some into the submarine and towing others in life-boats.

Still Life

Still Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Italy

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3401 Reviews)

Director:

Uberto Pasolini

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Still Life is a poignant, quixotic tale of life, love and the afterlife. Meticulous and organized to the point of obsession, John May (Eddie Marsan) is a council worker charged with finding the next of kin of those who have died alone. When his department is downsized, John must up his efforts on his final case, taking him on a liberating journey that allows him to start living life at last.

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