John Shrapnel Movies

  • 1971
    Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra

    6.91971HD

    Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

    Nicholas and Alexandra
  • 2007
    Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

    Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

    Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

    6.82007HD

    The film explores the background and build-up to this final flight to disaster. Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and exclusive...

    Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
  • 1977
    Professional Foul

    Professional Foul

    Professional Foul

    61977HD

    Three philosophy professors travel to Prague for a conference. One of them, Anderson, is forced to rethink his ideas on ethics when a former student...

    Professional Foul
  • 2017
    King Charles III

    King Charles III

    King Charles III

    6.32017HD

    Prince Charles' accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a...

    King Charles III
  • 2001
    The Body

    The Body

    The Body

    5.4822001HD

    An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was...

    The Body
  • 1999
    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

    01999HD

    In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the...

    The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
  • 1994
    Fatherland

    Fatherland

    Fatherland

    6.1721994HD

    Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret....

    Fatherland
  • 2002
    Whistle

    Whistle

    Whistle

    6.12002HD

    Whistle depicts the dreary off-hours of an ultra-technological hit-man who becomes 'involved' in the life of one of his victims. The hit-man's wife...

    Whistle
  • 2006
    Alien Autopsy

    Alien Autopsy

    Alien Autopsy

    5.72006HD

    Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.

    Alien Autopsy
  • 1999
    Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

    Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

    Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

    7.21999HD

    Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

    Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
  • 1977
    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages

    01977HD

    Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy...

    The Three Hostages
  • 1987
    Personal Services

    Personal Services

    Personal Services

    6.0221987HD

    Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial...

    Personal Services
  • 1999
    Mary, Mother of Jesus

    Mary, Mother of Jesus

    Mary, Mother of Jesus

    4.0311999HD

    Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.

    Mary, Mother of Jesus
  • 1975
    Hennessy

    Hennessy

    Hennessy

    4.71975HD

    Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict....

    Hennessy
  • 2001
    The Gentleman Thief

    The Gentleman Thief

    The Gentleman Thief

    02001HD

    An adventure of A J Raffles.

    The Gentleman Thief
  • 1988
    Testimony

    Testimony

    Testimony

    4.51988HD

    The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

    Testimony
  • 1981
    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

    81981HD

    The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...

    Troilus & Cressida
  • 1978
    Flayed

    Flayed

    Flayed

    01978HD

    'There's absolutely no escape. No chairs or tables to hold on to, no fags to light or drinks to pour: no small talk or trivial daytime chatter. Just...

    Flayed
  • 2004
    Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

    02004HD

    Able to inspire wonder and awe in all who gazed upon them, The Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome - the Pantheon, the Aqueducts of Rome, the Via Appia,...

    Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
  • 1996
    Two Deaths

    Two Deaths

    Two Deaths

    51996HD

    A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.

    Two Deaths