A dark, moody screen version of the classic tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide--in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision. As with his other masterpieces, Welles effectively mixes the use of shadow and oblique camera angles to achieve the ominous sense of a land in .. Read more
| Starring | Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall |
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| Director | Orson Welles |
| Genres | Drama |
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A dark, moody screen version of the classic tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide--in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision. As with his other masterpieces, Welles effectively mixes the use of shadow and oblique camera angles to achieve the ominous sense of a land in peril. Originally cut to 89 minutes for theatrical release, the film has been restored to its full 105 minutes, with dialogue redubbed by Welles and the other actors to cut down on the Scottish accents. Nominated for an award in the 1948 Venice Film Festival.
| Starring | Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, Peggy Webber, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Robert Coote, William Alland, Lionel Braham, George 'Shorty' Chirello, Brainerd Duffield, Or |
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| Director | Orson Welles |
| Studio | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1948 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2003 |
Not entirely successful, hardly surprisingly in that it was shot in 23 days on a cheap Western backlot at Republic... read more on Time Out
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Welles shot this in ...
Welles shot this in four weeks in a B-movie studio sound stage for next to nothing. In ways, it shows. The film often does look like it's been shot indoors... read more »
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Disappointing and melodramtic
I gave up after about 30 minutes as I couldn't stand the awful Scottish accents the actors put on: more Irish in the case of Welles. Also it's a play I... read more »
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Well, I tried...
I never had the easiest of times understanding Shakespeare when reading it in school. In a recent bout of renting several films featuring Orson Welles, who I ... read more »
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Watch Polanski's version
Probably like many parents one of my children is studying Macbeth for GCSE this year so I thought I would get her a film version to watch. Seeing the long list ... read more »
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