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  1. How can such a man deal with the possession of the real thing? “Pascali’s Island” buries this question within a larger intrigue as Pascali barters information to both sides and sets about an enterprise that ends in catastrophe.

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  2. Jul 29, 1988 · The story follows Turkish spy Basil Pascali (Ben Kingsley), becalmed on a Greek isle, in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire--for which he has been supplying reports, almost certainly unread in...

  3. Pascali's Island: Directed by James Dearden. With Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell. A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.

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    • James Dearden
    • 1988-08
  4. May 4, 2024 · Although the story is fiction, it unfolds against a historical backdrop: a Greek rebellion brewing against the occupying forces of the Ottoman Empire in decline. But the film does not dwell on war and politics.

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  6. Nov 15, 1987 · The answer: “Pascali’s Island,” a $4-million art epic, starring Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren and Charles Dance, written and directed by James Dearden, 38, an Oxford University grad (French lit ...

  7. Pascali's Island. (novel) Pascali's Island is a novel by Barry Unsworth, first published in 1980. The first United States publication of the book by Simon & Schuster was titled The Idol Hunter . The film version, produced in 1988, was written and directed by James Dearden. It stars Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance and Helen Mirren .

  8. Basil Pascali (Ben Kingsley) is a Turkish secret agent who has spent years in the service of the Ottoman Empire. As Turkey's power wanes, Pascali is left to operate largely on his own. However ...

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