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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.

Director

Jon Spira

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

Awards

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Self - Narrator

Peter Serafinowicz

Self - Actor & Niece of Christopher Lee

Self - Son-in-Law of Christopher Lee

Self - Musician

Self - Collaborator on Christopher Lee's Charlemagne Project

Corrado Canonici

Self - Official Biographer of Christopher Lee

Self - Filmmaker & Friend of Christopher Lee

Self - Filmmaker & Friend of Christopher Lee

Self - Actor & Co-Star of Christopher Lee

Self - Film Producer & Friend of Christopher Lee

Self - Filmmaker & Friend of Christopher Lee

Self

Self

Christopher Lee

Self

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The following programme contains
violent scenes, sexual references, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

The following programme contains violent scenes, sexual refe...

Christopher Lee, tall,
handsome, elegant. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee, tall, handsome, elegant.

Everyone will always
remember him as Dracula - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Everyone will always remember him as Dracula

Consistent aura around him, which
was of a certain kind of dignity - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Consistent aura around him, which was of a certain kind of d...

People when they-sometimes they
say, "You always play villains, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

People when they-sometimes they say, "You always play v...

Good and evil is a state of mind.
Depends on which side you are on." - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Good and evil is a state of mind. Depends on which side you ...

That's what's so
interesting about monsters, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

That's what's so interesting about monsters,

How do you do I'm Christopher Lee - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

How do you do I'm Christopher Lee

On the 7th of June
in the year 2015, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

On the 7th of June in the year 2015,

To some, this might seem
like a defining moment, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

To some, this might seem like a defining moment,

By then I had become
quite accustomed to dying. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

By then I had become quite accustomed to dying.

'When I was born on
the 27th of May, 1922, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'When I was born on the 27th of May, 1922,

'Here, you see our coat of arms
awarded to us in the 15th century - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Here, you see our coat of arms awarded to us in the 15...

'Our noble lineage could be traced
directly back to Charlemagne. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Our noble lineage could be traced directly back to Cha...

'For as impressive a list
of soldiers, governors, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'For as impressive a list of soldiers, governors,

'Of this mighty family tree,
at the time of my birth, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Of this mighty family tree, at the time of my birth,

'My maternal grandfather
was the Count Carandini - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'My maternal grandfather was the Count Carandini

'My mother was an
Edwardian beauty - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'My mother was an Edwardian beauty

'She was painted, sketched,
sculpted, and etched, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'She was painted, sketched, sculpted, and etched,

'Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Lee
of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Lee of the King's Roya...

Sort of the Mafia of their day. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Sort of the Mafia of their day.

But you know, to get-
the cynical view is that - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

But you know, to get- the cynical view is that

'I grew up in the shadow of
achievement and nobility. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I grew up in the shadow of achievement and nobility.

'And as a child, wondered if
I would be able to live up - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'And as a child, wondered if I would be able to live up

'As was my Papa who
wandered away from us - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'As was my Papa who wandered away from us

You know? So, he was a bit naive
in certain-in certain ways. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

You know? So, he was a bit naive in certain-in certain ways.

There I am. I look like
quite a normal boy, don't I? - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

There I am. I look like quite a normal boy, don't I?

Equally anxious and arrogant,
but my childhood was unique. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Equally anxious and arrogant, but my childhood was unique.

We were sprung once more into high
society when my mother remarried. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

We were sprung once more into high society when my mother re...

My stepfather was a small
but exceedingly strong man - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

My stepfather was a small but exceedingly strong man

'To celebrate their union, I was
swiftly dispatched to boarding school - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'To celebrate their union, I was swiftly dispatched to ...

'One could hardly describe
me as a star student, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'One could hardly describe me as a star student,

'So, it is perhaps no surprise that
I was to end up on the school stage. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'So, it is perhaps no surprise that I was to end up on ...

'Mother, Ingle, and my sister
Xandra made the journey - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Mother, Ingle, and my sister Xandra made the journey

'And they all excitedly agreed
that a bright future in acting - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'And they all excitedly agreed that a bright future in ...

'But I loved the stage and I was
an obstinate little so-and-so.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'But I loved the stage and I was an obstinate little so...

Instead, at 14, I was enrolled
in Wellington College. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Instead, at 14, I was enrolled in Wellington College.

Wellington was a
military establishment, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Wellington was a military establishment,

The smell of Brasso
haunts my nostrils still. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

The smell of Brasso haunts my nostrils still.

If you've got some sensitivity
and you've got a sort of, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

If you've got some sensitivity and you've got a so...

There's such a strong ethic
in that schooling that, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

There's such a strong ethic in that schooling that,

And I think right down in his
heart, this is my intuition, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

And I think right down in his heart, this is my intuition,

And I feel that he didn't quite know
how to express that side of him. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

And I feel that he didn't quite know how to express tha...

'What awaited me as I
aged out of Wellington, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'What awaited me as I aged out of Wellington,

'By this stage, my French, German
and Russian were already rather good. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'By this stage, my French, German and Russian were alre...

'Ingle went bust, bankrupt,
to the sum of £25,000. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Ingle went bust, bankrupt, to the sum of £25,000.

'He left my mother and
faded into the distance.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'He left my mother and faded into the distance.'

Both those father figures had sort
of disappeared out of his life, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Both those father figures had sort of disappeared out of his...

It was his mother's
influence that he took away - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

It was his mother's influence that he took away

'At 19-years-old,
unsure of my future, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'At 19-years-old, unsure of my future,

'Early one morning a friend
dragged me to Versailles. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Early one morning a friend dragged me to Versailles.

'We arrived to an open square,
steadily filling with people. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'We arrived to an open square, steadily filling with pe...

'Dawn broke over the scene - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Dawn broke over the scene

'In that instant, a
man was marched out, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'In that instant, a man was marched out,

'Within 30 seconds - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Within 30 seconds

'I watched the gleeful crowd
clamour to dip their handkerchiefs - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I watched the gleeful crowd clamour to dip their handk...

And he kept execution
memorabilia. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

And he kept execution memorabilia.

"This is the rope that was used
to hang, I don't know who." - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

"This is the rope that was used to hang, I don't k...

I'm gonna leave it in
my will to Roger Moore." - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

I'm gonna leave it in my will to Roger Moore."

King I-Don't-Know-What that my
friend Pierpoint passed over to me. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

King I-Don't-Know-What that my friend Pierpoint passed ...

I would like you to have it." - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

I would like you to have it."

I now suspected my friend was
trying to dispel my naivete - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

I now suspected my friend was trying to dispel my naivete

Because within weeks
the party was over - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Because within weeks the party was over

'On the 3rd of September,
Chamberlain declared we were at war. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'On the 3rd of September, Chamberlain declared we were ...

'Keen to reveal myself a hero, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Keen to reveal myself a hero,

I heard that my wayward Papa was in
hospital with a terminal diagnosis. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

I heard that my wayward Papa was in hospital with a terminal...

It was, I suppose, to honour him - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

It was, I suppose, to honour him

'I couldn't face the army,
so I took to the skies.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I couldn't face the army, so I took to the skies....

'Six weeks by sea and
one by train brought us - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Six weeks by sea and one by train brought us

'Behind the controls of an open
cockpit Tiger Moth, I felt alive! - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Behind the controls of an open cockpit Tiger Moth, I f...

'In the shimmering heat
haze of a dusty afternoon, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'In the shimmering heat haze of a dusty afternoon,

'During my final
accompanied flight, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'During my final accompanied flight,

Following this, I rather expected
my war to be a dull clerical affair - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Following this, I rather expected my war to be a dull cleric...

'Five missions a
day was our average - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Five missions a day was our average

'We were in Tunisia, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'We were in Tunisia,

'As I turned around, I was faced
with a sheer wall of flame. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'As I turned around, I was faced with a sheer wall of f...

'Above it, four German ME-109s
heading directly for me. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Above it, four German ME-109s heading directly for me.

'I sprinted, completely exposed, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I sprinted, completely exposed,

'The final bomb
landed within range, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'The final bomb landed within range,

'The debris created was
as if fired by shotgun, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'The debris created was as if fired by shotgun,

'Within 10 minutes, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Within 10 minutes,

'I could not sit
down for two days. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I could not sit down for two days.

'And had I been able, I suspect I
would not have been permitted to. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'And had I been able, I suspect I would not have been p...

'I would not fail again.' - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'I would not fail again.'

My next posting was to serve
with the Central Registry - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

My next posting was to serve with the Central Registry

A position which
sounds almost clerical - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

A position which sounds almost clerical

The adventures I had during this
period remain highly classified. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

The adventures I had during this period remain highly classi...

I could relate to
you a story or two, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

I could relate to you a story or two,

There is some mystery
attached to his work - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

There is some mystery attached to his work

A lot of that I think, has to
do with the Official Secrets Act - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

A lot of that I think, has to do with the Official Secrets A...

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Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.

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Director: Jon Spira

Writer: Jon Spira

Production: Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 31 Mar 2024

Awards: N/A

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