Hiram Keller Movies
Best remembered for his debut work in Fellini's Satyricon (1969), American actor Hiram Keller spent his entire brief career working in European films. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A harmonious fisherman who lives his life peacefully drifting with the tides finds himself drawn into a political plot after rescuing two Americans from the wreckage of a crashed airplane. Countryman is a man of knowledge, a man who lives by the land and leads a noble life. When the solitary fisherman sees an airplane crash into a nearby swamp, he heroically comes to the rescue of the two surviving passengers. For his efforts, Countryman is not commended, but branded an enemy agent along with the two Americans from the airplane. The man responsible for transforming the selfless hero into a desperate fugitive is the power-hungry General Sinclair, a man so consumed by his quest for glory that he is willing to destroy anyone who gets in his way. Now, in order just to survive, the peace-loving Rastafarian must flee into the Jamaican wilderness and share his knowledge of the land with his new American friends. And though Countryman is a gentle soul at heart, he proves capable of unleashing a furious display of acrobatic hand-to-hand combat when forced to fight for what is right. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- The Countryman, Hiram Keller, (more)
Directed by Catherine Breillat in 1975 but withheld from release for 25 years because Breillat's producer went bankrupt, Une Vraie Jeune Fille marked the director's feature debut. Like Breillat's controversial Romance (1999), Fille is concerned with the expression of female desire, and it takes a characteristically audacious approach to its subject. Striking close-ups of male and female genitalia, various bodily fluids, and graphic sexual fantasies make up a significant portion of the film, which charts the sexual awakening of the teenaged Alice (Charlotte Alexandra), who is vacationing with her parents in the country. Bored and restless, Alice spends much of her time lusting after Jim (Hiram Keller), a local sawmill worker. When not lusting after him, Alice fills the hours with such pursuits as writing her name on a mirror with vaginal secretions and wandering the fields with her underwear around her ankles. And, in true teenaged tradition, she spends a lot of time writing in her diary. Une Vraie Jeune Fille was adapted by Breillat from her third novel, 1974's Le soupirail, which she was commissioned to adapt for the screen by noted producer Andre Genoves. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, (more)
- 1975
After one of his peers apparently commits suicide, a doctor (Hiram Keller) discovers that the dead man had developed a drug which halts the aging process. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hiram Keller, Klaus Kinski, (more)
- 1974
In this costume epic, the last days of Julius Caesar are chronicled. The film was shot in the Tunisian desert and the cinematography is especially notable. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1973
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In this horror movie, residents of a remote Scottish town fight a strange and terrifying beast that has been gobbling them all up. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jane Birkin, Françoise Christophe, (more)
- 1973
An obsession with fame leads to life in prison for the window-washer in this Italian farce/satire. Biagio Solise (Giancarlo Giannini) loves working on the windows of the skyscrapers high above Milan but feels overwhelmed on the ground by the tumult and pressure of the crowded streets. He makes some surplus money working as an extra at the La Scala opera house. When a famous diva is murdered, he decides that he wants to be the one who is convicted for the crime; it will make him famous. Though he is innocent of the crime, his frantic improvisations lay a trail for the police that eventually leads to his imprisonment. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
The logical consequences of unrestrained hedonism are explored in the sensationalistic Italian drama La notte dei fiori. A woman pop star and her decadent entourage disport themselves in a country estate, making love, playing psychological games, and finally, committing multiple murders. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
Michael Strogoff (John Phillip Law) is the courier to the Czar who is helped by Nadia (Mimsey Farmer) to repel Tartar barbarians led by Feofar Khan (Kurt Meisel) from raping and pillaging in the steppes of Siberia. Ivan (Hiram Keller) is the Tartar sympathizer and activist who conspires against the Czar and his minions. Several expansive battle scenes employ the beautiful Bulgarian countryside to re-enact the clash between the rival factions. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Phillip Law, Mimsy Farmer, (more)
- 1969
In Federico Fellini's last theatrical film Intervista, he appears on camera as the subject of a fabricated filmed documentary. This took place for real back in 1969, and the result was the entertaining (if not too enlightening) 55-minute Ciao Federico! Fellini Directs Satyricon. We watch as Fellini assembles his actors, bit players, clowns, jugglers, and technicians to put together his own special squint at the 1st century works of Roman satirist Petronius. Documentary director Gideon Bachmann keeps a respectful distance, but does his best to pick Fellini's brain concerning the director's unique creative process; and, as usual, Fellini offers conflicting, contrary information whenever it amuses him to do so. A piquant moment in Ciao Federico! is the presence of the late Sharon Tate, who visits the Satyricon set in the company of her husband Roman Polanski; this may well be the last-ever film footage of the tragic Tate. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Federico Fellini makes his most decadent, undisciplined work in this free adaptation of Petronius' famous farcical chronicle of ancient Roman life. The film opens with Encolpio (Martin Potter) vying with his friend Ascilto (Hiram Keller) for the affections of a young effeminate lad named Gitone (Max Born). When the youth chooses his rival or him, Encolpio begins a journey that has him encountering Romans of every stripe and color. He drops in on an orgy thrown by Trimalchio (Mario Romagnoli), a wealth-loving ex-slave who has spurned his wife in favor of a pleasures of a young boy; he toils on a slave galley, fighting off the advances of Lichas (Alain Cuny) -- the ship's burly wall-eyed captain; he steals an albino hermaphrodite demi-god who is reputed to be able to tell the future; and fails to summon the enthusiasm to make love to a whore-priestess. Along the way, we witness a parade of prostitutes in ancient Rome's pleasure quarters; watch performance by Vernacchio (Fanfulla), an actor whose on-stage specialties include farting and public amputation; and the wonton devouring of a human corpse for financial gain. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, (more)
