Directed by:
James DeardenScreenplay:
James DeardenCinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Loek DikkerCast:
Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, Helen Mirren, Nadim Sawalha, T.P. McKenna, Vernon Dobtcheff, Stefan Gryff, George Murcell, Brook Williams (more)VOD (2)
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Based on Barry Unsworth's 1979 epistolary novel of intrigue, PASCALI'S ISLAND re-creates the twilight of the Ottoman Empire on the Aegean island of Nisi. For the 20 years leading up to 1908, Basil Pascali (Ben Kingsley), half-Turkish and half-European, has called this sun-drenched island home, spying on its visitors and its potentially rebellious Greek inhabitants. Pascali's closest friend on the island is Lydia Neuman (Helen Mirren), an Austrian painter. Pascali teams up with Anthony Bowles (Charles Dance), a Briton who claims to be an archaeologist, in a scheme to swindle the Turkish pasha. All the while, an American yacht waits offshore, ready to supply the Greek rebels on the island with arms, and Bowles and Lydia have an affair. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Charles Dance
UK
Best movies:
Don Bosco (2004) (TV movie)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Kevork Malikyan
Turkey
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Midnight Express (1978)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Nadim Sawalha
Jordan
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
T.P. McKenna
Ireland
Best movies:
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Stefan Gryff
Poland
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
One Against the Wind (1991) (TV movie)
Eleni (1985)
George Murcell
Italy
Best movies:
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Brook Williams
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Giorgos Oikonomou
Greece
Best movies:
Iphigenia (1977)
Pascali's Island (1988)