Death in Venice / Morte a Venezia (1971)
Drama
While recovering in Venice, a sickly composer becomes dangerously fixated with a teenage boy.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, Silvana Mangano, Franco Fabrizi
Director: Luchino Visconti
Il portiere di notte / The Night Porter (1974)
Drama
A concentration camp survivor discovers her ex-torturer/lover working as a night porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, The Night Porter deftly examines the cruelty and decadence of Nazi culture.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda
Director: Liliana Cavani
Victim (1961)
Crime | Drama
Banned on its original theatrical release in the United States and highly controversial in Britain, this BAFTA-nominated story of deception, blackmail and revenge stars Dirk Bogarde in a brave, career-best performance as a prosperous young barrister with a dark secret.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Copley, Norman Bird
Director: Basil Dearden
Accident (1967)
Crime | Drama
Two Oxford students, William and Anna, crash their car outside their professor Stephen's house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous meetings. It transpires that Anna had been having an affair with one of the professor's colleagues, and, in a flashback to a Sunday dinner party, it is revealed what part Stephen had to play in the fall-out from the relationship. Harold Pinter provides the script for Joseph Losey's examination of emotional tumult amongst the dreaming spires.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard, Michael York
Director: Joseph Losey
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Action | Drama | History | War
Sir Richard Attenborough directs Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford in this gripping and controversial tale about a daring WWII military operation.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould
Director: Richard Attenborough
Hot Enough for June / Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
Comedy
In this satirical comedy-thriller at the height of the 007 popularity and set amidst the world of international espionage, unemployed Nicolas Whistler accepts a job and a tidy salary with what he believes to be a glass manufacturing company in London. He soon discovers that his business behind the Iron Curtain is in fact illegal. Everyone apparently believes him to be a spy but it takes much time and adventure for him to realize it. The realization numbs him with horror, and with his contacts gone, he is on his own. He must escape arrest and flee to England but the secret police are close behind him!
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina
Director: Ralph Thomas
