Leon Lissek Movies

Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.

In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and...

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his...

An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the...

Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at...

A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies...

A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici,...

A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's heart.

A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Toulouse, April 1814. The Peninsula war is finally over for Britain and its allies, but the action does not end here for Sharpe. He is set up once...

Devoutly religious Ruth returns from Israel to care for her dying mother, but when she tries to bring her estranged brother David back into the fold,...

A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on November 2, 1936 at Alexandra Place in London. It was...

Intertwined story of the lives of two women; an Englishwoman suffering abuse from her violent husband, and a Russian poet serving hard labour because...

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

A lawyer representing Amnesty International tries to find the whereabouts and condition of 17 political prisoners detained in a country known for its...

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.