
Directing
John Goldschmidt
Born
1943-08-01 (83)
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
28 titles
Known for
The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Film '72
1971
7.0Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and let their imaginations run wild seeing a man in a local cemetery who they believe to be a vampire.
Vampires
1979
5.8An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
Dough
2015
5.0A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the future. This film exposes the shocking truths about the UK Governments' will to grow an indigenous British film industry, the legacy and testament of the now closed UK Film Council (UKFC), the current British Film Institute and the new Creative England.
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
9.0Teenage Manchester City supporter Alison wins a competition to go on a date with the team's Calvin Clark. Her jealous friend Gary disrupts their night out, leading to violence and the misguided kidnapping of the star striker on the eve of his transfer to Hamburg.
Shooting Stars
1990
9.0Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.
Maschenka
1987
Film credits
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Behind the camera
7.0Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and let their imaginations run wild seeing a man in a local cemetery who they believe to be a vampire.
Vampires
1979
5.8An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
Dough
2015
5.8An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
Dough
2015
9.0Teenage Manchester City supporter Alison wins a competition to go on a date with the team's Calvin Clark. Her jealous friend Gary disrupts their night out, leading to violence and the misguided kidnapping of the star striker on the eve of his transfer to Hamburg.
Shooting Stars
1990
9.0Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.
Maschenka
1987
7.8A recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground station in 1943, in which 173 people died when a panicked crowd stampeded as they were hurrying down the steps to take refuge from an air raid.
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975
7.8A recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground station in 1943, in which 173 people died when a panicked crowd stampeded as they were hurrying down the steps to take refuge from an air raid.
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975
5.5Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung hero, Captain Scoresby, who set sail from the town bound for the Arctic in the 18th Century. Assembling a crew of oddballs and misfits, the cantankerous captain weighs anchor and voyages into the unknown. His ship has been certified unseaworthy, and he's pursued by the Royal Navy, NATO and journalists, but nothing is going to stop Captain Jack fulfilling his wildest dream.
Captain Jack
1999
5.8Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing.
Utz
1992
5.2A humorous and revealing tale of a group of eight women from varying walks of life, who have volunteered for a rugged survival course at a tough mountain school in the English lakes.
She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
Chronicles the life of famous street entertainer Bernard Munier, nicknamed Coin Coin, who would entertain the small French town of Saint-Tropez by riding his homemade unicycle everywhere he would go.
Jet Set Jester
1979
This Cold War dramatic thriller tells the passionate story of three people caught in a murderous web of deceit and revenge on both sides of the former Germany. Edgar Rutchinski, who has made a living smuggling refugees, finds his past catching up with him in the shape of the ex-girlfriend he thought was dead.
Murder East - Murder West
1990
5.8Steven Dyer, an executive working for a giant multinational drugs company, decides to report his employer for breaches of Common Market trading regulations. One night in Basle, Switzerland, he leaves his home to post a letter, the start of a nightmare journey that leads to terrible consequences for his life, his career and for his wife and children.
A Song for Europe
1985
8.0A 1974 dramatised documentary based on the memories of Alfred Maron.
Just One Kid
1974
8.0A 1974 dramatised documentary based on the memories of Alfred Maron.
Just One Kid
1974
Opera written by inmates of a Nazi concentration camp in 1943 before their murder in Auschwitz.
The Emperor of Atlantis
1977
Opera written by inmates of a Nazi concentration camp in 1943 before their murder in Auschwitz.
The Emperor of Atlantis
1977
In the pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire, an older officer (Capt. Kunze) investigates a brilliant junior officer (Lt. Dorfrichter) suspected of complicity in a murder by poisoning.
The Devil's Lieutenant
1984
9.0Speech Day is a bit of a laugh if you are not one of nature's prize-winners. But now that they've finished with school and school with them, what comes next for Ronnie, Wally and Rob?
Speech Day
1973
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Life for Christine
1980
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Life for Christine
1980
5.0Based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
Spend Spend Spend
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Der Narr von Wien
1982
Youth unemployment is a perennial problem, but this ATV film from 1972 documents a particularly challenging period for a troubled community. Exploring the efforts of central Liverpool’s Bronte Youth Centre, it follows a group of Merseyside school-leavers as they face up to inescapable fate on the dole, trying to fill their time playing table tennis and football.
The Dead End Lads
1972
9.0Biographical TV movie about controversial Austrian artist Egon Schiele.
Egon Schiele
1980
8.0In 1966, Gurindji stockmen & their families walked off the largest cattle station in the NT. Frank Hardy follows the story of the strike as told by the Gurindji people.
The Unlucky Australians
2017
