Macbeth

1971 · Movie · 140 min. · United Kingdom

Drama 11th Century Middle Ages

Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king's son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Direction Roman Polanski

Cast Jon Finch · Francesca Annis · Martin Shaw · Nicholas Selby · John Stride · Terence Bayler · Stephan Chase · Paul Shelley · Sydney Bromley · Andrew Laurence · Noel Davis · Diane Fletcher

Soundtrack The Third Ear Band

Screenplay Roman Polanski · Kenneth Tynan · William Shakespeare

Cinematography Gilbert Taylor

Original title Macbeth

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