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Macbeth (1971)

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Reviews Counted:20

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Rotten:18

Average Rating:0.8/10

Consensus: Roman Polanski's Macbeth is unsettling and uneven, but also undeniably compelling.

Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: William Shakespeare's immortal play about a Scottish warrior (Jon Finch) whose wife's lust for power transforms him into inhuman monster is given it's rawest, most brutal screen treatment in this... William Shakespeare's immortal play about a Scottish warrior (Jon Finch) whose wife's lust for power transforms him into inhuman monster is given it's rawest, most brutal screen treatment in this version by Roman Polanski (ROSEMARY'S BABY, CHINATOWN). Filmed in suitably bleak locales and imbued with nudity not usually seen in the works of Shakespeare--along with realistically gory murders--this MACBETH is singular and sensational, but is not for the young or faint of heart. [More]

Starring: Jon Finch, Nicholas Selby, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

Starring: Jon Finch, Nicholas Selby, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw

Director: Roman Polanski

Director: Roman Polanski

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