The Tragedy of Macbeth

Dec 25 1971 R 2h 20m

Biography, Drama, History

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.

Plot

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.

Written by

William Shakespeare, Roman Polanski, Kenneth Tynan

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Cast

Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Playboy Enterprises, Caliban Films

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 2 nominations total

Trailers

Trailer

Macbeth (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Featurettes

Toil and Trouble: Making “Macbeth”

Scores

# of Votes

15,460

Average Rating

7.4 out of 10

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