Biography
Michael Sarne (born Michael Scheuer; 6 August 1940) is a British actor, writer, producer, and director, who also had a brief career as a pop singer in the 1960s. Sarne directed the films Joanna (1968) and Myra Breckinridge (1970). He has appeared as an actor in several films including A Place to Go (1965), Two Weeks in September (1967), and Moonlighting (1982).
Known For
Complete Filmography
DJ
2018
as Mike
The desire for perfection, crossing boundaries can lead directly to obsession with own ego. What happens when music is more important than relationshi...
Gloves Off
2017
as Taffy
A talented fighter must save his beloved gym by training a gentle giant for a bare-knuckle fight.
Sweets
2013
as The German
Salah, an Israeli-Arab enterpriser, strives to bring happiness for the children of the Arab sector in Israel by opening a new chain of candy stores. '...
The Piano Room
2013
A run-down hotel room, a piano, a maid and the guests who stay there. Life begins, life ends, and lives are changed forever in the piano room.
The World's End
2013
as Publican 6
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Les Misérables
2012
as Father Mabeuf
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stea...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Karla (Voice)
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleague...
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008
as Backstage Manager
Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who en...
Eastern Promises
2007
as Valery
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russia...
Forgiveness
2006
as Henry Adler
On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was bui...
The Fourth Angel
2001
as Leo Hasse
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terroris...
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.
The Waiting Time
1999
as General Pytor Rykov
When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unr...
Glastonbury: The Movie in Flashback
1995
Cinematography, Producer, Director
A comprehensive re-edit of the source footage shot in 1993 for the original 1995 film, charting three days at the Glastonbury music festival.
The Punk
1993
Director
David, a London street kid falls in love with little rich girl Rachel, but their romance is frowned upon by their parents and peers. When David kills ...
The Hollow Men
1993
as father
Matthew comes to a seaside town to see a performance of his play, although even his brother Marc, who plays the role of Napoleon, does not know that M...
30 Door Key
1991
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous n...
Thieves in the Night
1989
as Mr. Newton
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." Experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the co...
Riding the Edge
1989
as Kroll
Teenage cyclist rescues his dad from terrorists in the Middle East. "Iron Eagle" on a motorcycle.
Cult People
1989
as Himself
In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. In...
Appointment with Death
1988
as Healey
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed ...
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Video Store Attendant
Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the ...
Moonlighting
1982
as Builders' Merchant
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to man...
Intimacy
1976
Director
Guia de Filmes indicates: "melodrama addressing the massification of large urban centers and the contradictions of consumer society and advertising. I...
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Acting School Student (uncredited)
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with h...
Myra Breckinridge
1970
Director, Screenplay
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with h...
Joanna
1968
Director, Screenplay
When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. T...
Two Weeks in September
1967
as Vincent
Story of a woman torn between her love for two different men.
Road to St. Tropez
1966
Writer, Producer, Director
A woman has a brief amorous liaison while on a trip along the South of France to Saint Tropez, but returns disillusioned.
Every Day's a Holiday
1965
as Tim Gilpin
A group of teenagers take jobs at a holiday camp for the summer and enter a TV talent show
A Place to Go
1963
as Ricky Flint
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-cl...
On the Fiddle
1961
as German Officer
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl...
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...
No Kidding
1960
as Henri
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the k...
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bi...