When the people of a small corrupt town find out a secret inspector will be arriving shortly they panic, something which a lazy civil servant takes full advantage of and lets them believe that he is that inspector.
Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
1955
1983
About the people at the bottom of the hierarchy working in a restaurant.
1974
Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.
1970
Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.
1980
Axel and Bertha are a married couple who are both artists in 1880s Paris, the film addresses the topic of gender equality in marriage and society, for example the property rights of married women.
1982
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.
1981
Alceste has a very low opinion about humanity and is always brutally honest. This gets him into a lot of trouble.
1963
Drama about a group of young people in 1933 Berlin in search of an identity find themselves drawn to dangerous movements in society.
Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
1967
Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.
The story of a man who has committed a crime but gets the chance to live his life again and avoid all of his past mistakes.
1987
Drama about a family going through a crisis during the Easter weekend.
1988
A boy imprisoned for a double murder is used in a prison experiment involving placing an animal in the cells of prisoners.
1989
Lunardo is an old fashioned patriarch who strictly forbids his wife and daughter to leave his house. When he decides to marry off his daugther Lucietta without allowing her to meet the man first the women around him conspire to allow the young couple to meet against his wishes.
1976
Fredrik is a male feminist who has a big fight with his wife one morning. When a widow shows up in their home and starts telling his wife how great it is to be a widow he flees the apartment but finds himself constantly followed by a gang of women.
1977
Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social injustice and royal oppression, and his doubt in the power of himself and weapons.
1961
Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.
1965
A young man Lomov comes to propose to his neighbour Natalya but they keep on fighting over various topics.
1995
Television adaptation of Strindberg's play about the midsummer romance between the noblewoman and the valet.
1969