The Gravy Train

Get on board for easy money and comic mayhem! Watch the late, great Ian Richardson (House of Cards trilogy, The Booze Cruise, Bleak House) as Michael Spearpoint, an ambitious British Director of the European Economic Community, scheming to get rich by exploiting the newly liberated nations of Eastern Europe. Spearpoint’s pawn is idealistic Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz, Catherine the Great), who arrives in Brussels with visions of a united Europe, but is easily deceived, especially by beautiful women! Dubbed “Prince Stupid,” Dorfmann stumbles along, crisscrossing foes, drawing fire and sparking a comically woven web of intrigue and misadventure! Also stars BAFTA® Award-winner Francesca Annis (Lillie, Wives and Daughters) and Alexei Sayle (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). Filmed on location in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Belgium. Hailed as “delightful and funny” (The Sunday Times) and “wonderfully entertaining” (The Sunday Telegraph). The four-disc set includes the follow-up mini-series, The Gravy Train Goes East.

Written by Malcolm Bradbury
Directed by David Tucker
Produced by Philip Hinchcliffe, Ian Warren
Executive Produced by Victor Glynn
Original Music by John E. Keane
Cinematography by Ken Westbury
Film Editing by Robin Sales
Costume Design by Emma Porteus