Greta Scacchi
Actor
Films to Rent
- Heat and Dust (1982)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi
- Sophisticated soap opera follows the escapades of two Englishwomen, two generations apart, who both succumb to the seductive mysticism of India.
- Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
- Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
- Camille (1984)
- Dir. Desmond Davis
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud…
- Greta Scacchi and a young Colin Firth play courtesan and lover respectively in this British revival of Alexander Dumas' novel.
- Defence of the Realm (1985)
- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott…
- Atmospheric nuclear conspiracy thriller of the old–school.
- Coca Cola Kid, The (1985)
- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr…
- Quirky Aussie comedy about a Coca Cola marketing guru (Roberts) who visits a small town in the Australian outback to try and sell his product, only…
- Burke and Wills (1985)
- Dir. Graeme Clifford
Feat. Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi
- True blue Aussie classic chronicling the famous journey of two ill–prepared explorers across the unforgiving outback.
- Good Morning, Babylon (1986)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Feat. Vincent Spano, Joaquim De Almeida, Greta Scacchi
- Two artisan Italian brothers seek their fortune in America and wind up sculpting for D.W. Griffith on the set of INTOLERANCE. An elegant tribute to…
- White Mischief (1987)
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Sarah Miles…
- Popular tale of drugs, decadence, wife–swapping and murder–mystery in colonial Kenya, with an attractive cast.
- Ebony Tower, The (1987)
- Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi…
- Self–conscious but watchable satire has a young art critic finding himself attracted to the unusual lifestyle of a reclusive painter. Based on…
- Presumed Innocent (1990)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia…
- Scott Turow's best seller is faithfully adapted here with Harrison Ford cast as the D.A. who finds himself accused of the rape and murder of a…
- Shattered (1991)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi…
- Tom Berenger plays an amnesia victim perturbed with the fragments of his former life and the suspicious antics of his friends. An innocent victim or…
- Player, The (1992)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg…
- A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
- Salt On Our Skin (1993)
- Dir. Andrew Birkin
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Vincent D'Onofrio
- Greta Scacchi and Vincent D'Onofrio duet in this lush, erotically charged (Eu)romance as lovers who are wrong for each other, but happen to sizzle in…
- Browning Version, The (1994)
- Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine
- Elegant modern version of Terrence Rattigan's play stars Albert Finney as the retiring schoolmaster embittered with regret and marriage problems, but…
- Country Life (1994)
- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, Kerry Fox
- Yet another version of Uncle Vanya, this time set 'out back' in WWI–era New South Wales, and providing some interesting comparisons between…
- Jefferson in Paris (1995)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandiwe Newton
- Thomas Jefferson's sabbatical in revolutionary Paris with Nick Nolte in the central role. Merchant Ivory's period detail is of course faultless, but…
- Emma (1996)
- Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi…
- A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
- Rasputin (1996)
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen…
- Richly turned–out costume saga of Rasputin: the enigmatic, unwashed peasant who rose up to become the spiritual guide of the Tsar's family in…
- Serpent's Kiss, The (1997)
- Dir. Phillip Rousseklot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant…
- Ambitious period drama follows a renowned Dutch landscape gardener (McGregor) to England where he finds himself coiled in the intrigues of various…
- Odyssey, The (1997)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini…
- Homer's epic gets the televisual treatment as Odysseus makes his long journey home – through many an exotic location – while his wife…
- Red Violin, The (1998)
- Dir. Francois Girard
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi
- The contemporary auction of a prized antique violin becomes another suspenseful, passionate chapter in its lifespan as we learn of its 300 year…
- Love And Rage (1998)
- Dir. Cathal Black
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Daniel Craig, Stephen Dillane
- Tantalising Irish melodrama starring Greta Scacchi as an English aristocrat who hires Daniel Craig as manager for her sumptuous estate and ends up…
- Looking for Alibrandi (1999)
- Dir. Kate Woods
Feat. Pia Miranda, Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia
- Refreshing rites of passage tale from Australia, based by screenwriter Melina Marchetta's on her bestselling novel. In mixing a which guy is best…
- Cotton Mary (1999)
- Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi
- Set in post–Independence India, Merchant–Ivory spin one of their more disturbing tales around Indian nurse Madhur Jaffrey, who insinuates…
- Manor, The (1999)
- Dir. Ken Berris
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole…
- Comical murder mystery set in a creaky English manor where an investigator searches for the killer of a stable boy, however runs into obstacles when…
- Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
- Beyond the Sea (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Kevin Spacey, John Goodman, Kate Bosworth…
- A schmaltzy valentine to the king of big band cool, Kevin Spacey’s pet project gushingly illuminates the life and times of Bobby Darin, whose good…
- Tom's Midnight Garden (2006)
- Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Greta Scacchi, James Wilby, Joan Plowright
- A handsome screen version of children's novel by Phillipa Pearce, in which a young boy in the 1950s is sent to live with his aunt and uncle because…
- Book of Revelation, The (2006)
- Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Tom Long, Greta Scacchi
- Daring, if not entirely coherent gender–subversion recalls in flashback the ordeal of a talented male dancer (Long) who's abducted, tortured…
- Broken Trail (TV Mini-series) (2006)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi…
- High calibrE made–for–TV western about an aging cowboy and his nephew who rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader while…