Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" by William Makepeace Thackeray. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter and Hardy Krüger. The film recounts the early exploits and later unraveling of a fictional 18th-century Irish rogue and opportunist who marries a rich widow to climb the social ladder and assume her late husband's aristocratic position. Kubrick began production on Barry Lyndon, after his 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange. Kubrick had originally intended to direct a biopic on Napoleon, but lost
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke to go if he does not want to. Although he reflects on his marriage several times (as does the narrator on marriage in general), he does not draw any conclusions yet. The novel was adapted to film in 1980. The film was in Hungarian and Derek Jacobi played the role of Martin Beck. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (original title: "Mannen som gick upp i rök") is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, published in 1966. It is part of their detective series revolving around Martin