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Macbeth - Roman Polanski

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Directed by: 
Roman Polanski
Story by: 
William Shakespeare
Screenplay by: 
Roman Polanski
Kenneth Tynan
Produced by: 
Andrew Braunsberg
Release year: 
1971
Country: 
United States of America
United Kingdom
Runtime: 
140min
Genre: 
Costume drama
Film adaptation
Drama
War film
Historical fiction
Music by: 
Third Ear Band
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.
Cast: 
Jon Finch
as
Macbeth
Francesca Annis
as
Lady Macbeth
Martin Shaw
as
Banquo
Nicholas Selby
as
King Duncan
Terence Bayler
as
Macduff
John Stride
as
Ross
Stephan Chase
as
Malcolm
Paul Shelley
as
Donalbain
Maisie MacFarquhar
as
First Witch
Elsie Taylor
as
Second Witch
Noelle Rimmington
as
Third Witch
Noel Davis
as
Seyton
Sydney Bromley
as
Porter
Richard Pearson
as
Doctor
Patricia Mason
as
Gentlewoman
Michael Balfour
as
First Murderer
Andrew McCulloch
as
Second Murderer
Keith Chegwin
as
Fleance
Andrew Laurence
as
Lennox
Bernard Archard
as
Angus
Bruce Purchase
as
Caithness
Frank Wylie
as
Menteith
Diane Fletcher
as
Lady Macduff
Mark Dightam
as
Macduff's son
Bill Drysdale
as
King's Groom #1
Roy Jones
as
King's Groom #2
Vic Abbott
as
Cowdor
Ian Hogg
as
First Thane
Geoffrey Reed
as
Second Thane
Nigel Ashton
as
Third Thane
William Hobbs
as
Seyward
(
Young Seyward
)
Alf Joint
as
Seyward
(
Old Seyward
)
Paul Hennen
as
Doctor's Apprentice
Olga Anthony
as
Dancer #1
Roy Desmond
as
Dancer #2
David Ellison
as
Old Soldier #1
Pamela Foster
as
Dancer #3
Clement Freud
as
Hanging Man
John Gordon
as
Dancer #4
Barbara Ann Grimes
as
Dancer #5
Aud Johansen
as
Dancer #6
Janie Kells
as
Dancer #7
Ronald Lacey
as
Macbeth's man
(
Killed Banquo
)
Howard Lang
as
Old Soldier #2
Dickie Martyn
as
Dancer #8
Terence Mountain
as
Soldier
Beth Owen
as
Dancer #9
Christine Paul-Podlasky
as
Dancer #10
Lynette Reade
as
Witch
Maxine Skelton
as
Dancer #11
Don Vernon
as
Dancer #12
Anna Willoughby
as
Dancer #13

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