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Lost Empires

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1986
  • 7h
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
362
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Colin Firth in Lost Empires (1986)
See Academy Award-winning actor, Colin Firth, in one of his first leading roles on television.
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In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at conj... Read allIn 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics, and high advent... Read allIn 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics, and high adventure. The next year, in a true and terrifying vanishing act, the guns of August blast away ... Read all

  • Stars
    • Colin Firth
    • John Castle
    • Gillian Bevan
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    362
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    • Stars
      • Colin Firth
      • John Castle
      • Gillian Bevan
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 7 nominations total

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    • Richard Herncastle
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    • Nick Ollanton
    Gillian Bevan
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    • Cissie Mapes
    Mike Edmonds
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    • Barney
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    • Julie Blane
    Francesca McGregor
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    • Jean Colmar
    Brian Glover
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    • Tommy Beamish
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    • Nancy Ellis
    Emil Wolk
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    • Trivia
      Sir Laurence Olivier and Colin Firth have both played Mr. Darcy in productions of Pride and Prejudice.
    • Quotes

      Richard Herncastle: I have just this second agreed to be somewhere else.

      Nick Ollanton: I must not have made myself clear enough the other night. You have only one priority while you work for me boy, that to do what I ask. Anybody else plays second fiddle, whoever she is.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      The Honeysuckle and the Bee
      Written by Albert H. Fitz (as Alb. H. Fitz) and William H. Penn (as Wm. H. Penn)

      [First Published 1901]

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    3/10

    Colin Firth Overrated

    hello folks. I am dictating this via my smartphone. So some of these words may not come out perfectly. I watched thiis entire series on Netflix. I found that Colin Firth was a total bore. As an actor he is so boring, bland, expressionless, and just totally lacking warm. I'm sorry to spoil all the Colin Firth fans out there but I found him to be unbearable. Simply put, everyone around him, that is, every actor around him was so full of life and robustly human; however, Firth's characterization was just blah, nothing and I don't get how all the women fancy him so much. I also found that he looked weird and unappealing. I don't think this actor has eyebrows. This is also true for the actress Whoopi Goldberg. She has no eyebrows also. I dare say I do not know all the actors that were working in 1985-86 but I think they could have found one way more appealing physically and emotionally. I never understood the appeal of this actor.
    • catherine-albrecht
    • Aug 11, 2013
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    • Release date
      • October 24, 1986 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kayıp İmparatorluklar
    • Filming locations
      • Buxton Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK(Nigel Peever I worked at this location)
    • Production company
      • Granada Television
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      7 hours
    • Color
      • Color

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