4 Movies Starring Lila Kedrova

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-12-14

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

Greece, USA

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (14384 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Nikos Kazantzakis (from the novel by)

Mihalis Kakogiannis (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An aimless Englishman finds he has a small inheritance on a Greek island. His joyless existence is disturbed when he meets Zorba, a middle aged Greek with a real lust for life. As he discovers the earthy pleasures of Greece, the Englishman finds his view on life changing.

Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-07-01

Languages:

English, German, Swedish, Norwegian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (17215 Reviews)

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

Professor Michael Armstrong is heading to Stockholm to attend a physics conference accompanied by his assistant-fiancèe Sarah Sherman. Once arrived however, Michael informs her that he may be staying for awhile and she should return home. She follows him and realizes he's actually heading to East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain. She follows him there and is shocked when he announces that he's defecting to the East after the US government canceled his research project. In fact, Michael is there to obtain information from a renowned East German scientist. Once the information is obtained, he and Sarah now have to make their way back to the West.

Womanlight

Womanlight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-08-29

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, West Germany

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (472 Reviews)

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Costa-Gavras

Romain Gary (novel)

Fullplot:

Reciprocal consolation. The background of two middle-aged people (Michel and Lydia) is gradually unfolded. Michel's wife is incurably ill. They had agreed that she would take her life on this day. All telephone cables were cut and Michel should leave France for months. But he goes forth and back between the airport and his home street. Once when opening the door of a taxi he destroys Lydia's shopping carrier. They sit down in a cafè while he writes her a check. During this night they will part and meet again several times. Half a year ago Lydia's husband had a car accident. Their daughter died and the husband got brain injury. His talk is incomprehensible. Tonight is his birthday. Lydia eventually takes Michel to the great feast that is almost over. In the morning they go to Michel's apartment, where police and relatives are already present. Michel and Lydia had agreed to meet at Lydia's apartment on the next morning. When he comes there, a foreign woman invites him in. Lydia soon calls on telephone. Lydia cannot put up with him in his present state. During the entire night she saw him sitting and praying at his wife's bed. But she offers him to live in her apartment for a month, and she will go away. When she returns they may see what will happen.

Tell Me a Riddle

Tell Me a Riddle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-08-12

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (120 Reviews)

Director:

Lee Grant

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Joyce Eliason

Alev Lytle

Tillie Olsen (story)

Fullplot:

Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in San Francisco.

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