Eileen Atkins Movie Trailers

A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1971)

26 September 1971

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

The Big Man Coughed and Died Trailer (1966)

13 April 1966

Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.

Double Bill Trailer (1969)

26 September 1969

In the first part, The Compartment, an insane man boards a quiet railway coach and starts to annoy a patient man trying to read a paper with incessant small talk in an increasingly menacing manner until he finally pulls out a gun and screaming class hatred bile, humiliates the man until his stop is reached.

Roman Holiday Trailer (1987)

28 December 1987

Remake of the 1953 original. Princess Elysa is touring Rome, and decides to get "out and about" away from her normal life.

Nothing's Ever Over Trailer (1968)

17 July 1968

An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the same cafeteria.

The Square Trailer (1961)

07 September 1961

Two lonely people meet on a park bench and talk about their lives.

Siân Phillips at 90 Trailer (2023)

29 December 2023

Acclaimed actress Dame Siân Phillips is still working at 90. The star of I, Claudius speaks openly about her marriage to Peter O'Toole and reflects on her life and glittering career.

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Trailer (2004)

25 December 2004

Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday.

T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' Trailer (1988)

06 March 1988

Read by actors Michael Gough, Edward Fox, and Eileen Atkins, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land expresses the disillusionment and disgust of the post–World War I era in Europe.

Royal Variety Performance 1984 Trailer (1984)

25 November 1984

In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Duchess of Malfi Trailer (1972)

10 October 1972

The Duchess of Malfi is recently widowed and her greedy brothers are determined she will not marry again, so they employ Daniel De Bosola, a murderer in their pay to spy on her.

The Burston Rebellion Trailer (1985)

24 February 1985

Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Annie Higdon, who were both socialists.

Fable Trailer (1965)

27 January 1965

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

Mountain Language Trailer (1988)

11 December 1988

Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language.

Raku Fire Trailer (1977)

31 December 1977

Canadian film starring Dame Eileen Atkins as a middle aged woman.