Peter Ustinov recalls the Hungarian film director of The Egyptian with great relish – and what he learnt about America’s fears from living under Senator McCarthy.

His play Romanoff and Juliet is a hit, and he gets to share a movie scene with Laurence Olivier in Spartacus – both milking it for all its worth...

The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography

Abridged by Jack Singleton.

Producer Rosemary Hart

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1978. Show less