© X Rental "A kingdom for a horse", the hunchbacked Richard III of England is said to have shouted in order to cowardly escape from battle in 1485. He did so unsuccessfully and still became a celebrity. On the one hand through Shakespeare's royal drama "Richard III". On the other, through Philippa Langley, who is literally digging for the truth 527 years later.
Actor and co-writer Steve Coogan and director Stephen Frears have teamed up after their success with "Philomena" to use tragicomic means to help a king and his discoverer to their historical legal rights.

Philippa Langley
Ricardians are a group of more or less professional historians who are keen to clear the reputation of King Richard III of England. Marketing manager Philippa Langley, born in British Kenya in 1962, has been one of them since the late 1990s. "The Lost King" is based on her 2014 non-fiction book "Finding Richard III", which describes her search for the buried burial site and how the University of Leicester is trying to wrest the fame of the discovery away from her. in 2015, Langley was honoured with the MBE Order of Queen Elizabeth II.

© Constantin Film A letter becomes a step, a decision becomes a walk and an encounter becomes a movement. Harold Fry believes he can save his former colleague Queenie from dying of cancer by walking across England. Along the way, he meets supporters, helpers and people who see Harold's cause as a salvation for themselves.
Even though Rachel Joyce's bestseller of the same name is not based on a true story, lead actor Jim Broadbent makes every step, every word and every thought feel like his own.

Jim Broadbent
He is always involved somehow, be it in Monty Python, Bridget and Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones or Paddington. Jim Broadbent, born in 1949 in Lincoln, England, is British film culture personified without being conspicuous. Only once did he fail to do so: in 2001, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the Alzheimer's drama "Iris", in which Kate Winslet and Judi Dench shared the title role. in 2002, Broadbent declined the accolade from the Queen because "there are people who deserve such an honour more than actors".

prime Video A high-ranking archangel speaks out against the apocalypse at a heavenly meeting with a resolute "Oh nope!" and then disappears without a trace. Anyone who has seen season 1 of this British series can guess what this has to do with the demon Crowley and Erziraphael, the retired angel. In "Good Omens", humour and wit reign supreme, partly because the novel "A Good Omen" was penned by fantasy masters Terry Pratchett ("Discworld" series) and Neil Gaiman ("Sandman", "American Gods"). But also because the main actors David Tennant and Michael Sheen are better at chatting than hitting.

obsidian Entertainment The digital role-playing game "Pentiment", which the Californian developers from Obsidian have set in Tassing in Upper Bavaria in the 16th century, has a touch of "In the Name of the Rose" about it. The aim is to solve a murderous conspiracy in which every detail, no matter how small, can be important. However, because new mysteries keep cropping up as one is solved, "Pentiment" loses none of its suspense even on the third and fourth play, but rather gains in depth and complexity.